His comments reflect an apparent toughening of his views on an issue that could reshape the diplomatic map of the Middle East.

The US has pushed the idea of Saudi-Israeli normalisation, hoping to give an incentive to Israel’s right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—who rejects a Palestinian state—to stop the war and gain a powerful Arab ally, the guardian of Islam’s two holiest sites.

"The kingdom will not stop its tireless work towards the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and we affirm that the kingdom will not establish diplomatic relations with Israel without that,

Mohammed bin Salman said that his country will not establish diplomatic relations with Israel until a Palestinian state is created.

Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler said Wednesday that the kingdom will not establish ties with Israel until a Palestinian state has been created, in a blow to US efforts to seal a normalisation deal.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, commonly known as MbS, reiterated the kingdom’s stance on Israel, stating that Saudi Arabia would not recognize Israel without the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.