After yesterday it was widely reported that Hamas leader Haniya would visit the kingdom, it is now reported that Saudi Arabia has postponed the visit of the Hamas delegation.
This is reported by the Qatari newspaper "Arab 21" from its sources. No details were given on the reason for the postponement of the visit.
Informed Palestinian sources told the Palestinian news agency "Sand" yesterday that a top official delegation headed by the head of the political bureau in "Hamas", Ismail Haniya, the head of the organization abroad, Khaled Mashal, and other officials was supposed to visit Saudi Arabia yesterday to perform the Umrah (pilgrimage) and to meet with senior Saudi officials to discuss the renewal of relations between Saudi Arabia and the terrorist organization and to end the issue of the organization's detainees in Saudi Arabia.
It should be noted that relations between Hamas and Saudi Arabia were severed after the collapse of the "Mecca Agreement" in 2007, sponsored by Riyadh, for reconciliation between "Hamas" and "Fatah".
NEWSRAEL: It is said that the crown prince MBS, Muhammad Bin-Salman was strongly opposed to the Hamas visit. In the last month, there have been many "behind the scenes" conflicts in the royal family and that may have its source behind the Iran-Saudi rapprochement. It had seemed that MBS's rule was even in doubt, but now he seems to have made a comeback.