Saudi Arabia is not prepared to normalize ties with Israel and it will not support the peace plan that is being drafted by US President Donald Trump without significant Israeli concessions to the Palestinians, revealed a classified Israeli Foreign Ministry report that was leaked by Israel’s Channel 13 television. The report dashes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hopes of rapprochement with the Kingdom, said a diplomatic source according to the television. The report was drafted in mid-December and concluded that the Saudi leadership would not meet Israel’s aspirations. It also contradicts Netanyahu’s political approach in which he has repeatedly stressed that he was keen on establishing ties with Arab countries. The report explained that Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz was maintaining the firm Saudi stance on the Palestinian cause and was seeking the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had visited Saudi Arabia in January to request support for Trump’s peace plan, but he was informed by officials that the Kingdom would not back it as long as it does not comply with Palestinian demands, especially in regards to East Jerusalem. The Israeli report did not come as a surprise to Palestinian officials in Ramallah. They said that it only confirmed Riyadh’s constant stance towards their cause. They also denied that Saudi Arabia had exerted pressure to convince the Palestinians to accept the US peace plan.