Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) stated that his country was moving gradually closer to normalize relations with Israel, following similar moves from other Gulf countries, and amid a big push by the United States for a Saudi-Israeli deal. The crown prince said, “Every day, we get closer,”. The interview with the crown prince, popularly known as MBS, came as US President Joe Biden’s administration presses ahead with an effort to broker historic ties between the two countries and its top Middle East allies, a development that could reshape the geopolitics of the Middle East.