Saudi Arabia warming up to Israel. Pak failure, Trump and Houthis the catalysts?

Three years after Hamas's October 7 attack derailed a historic Saudi-Israeli normalisation deal the two countries are exploring security cooperation against Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis whose missile and drone attacks have exposed vulnerabilities in the kingdom's defences The US is reluctant to intervene militarily and the Mecca pact with Pakistan and Turkey has its limits Here's how these factors have created an opening for Israel