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Trump's belated normalization condition for Saudi nuke deal doesn't erase all Israeli fears
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Trump has made Saudi Arabia's civilian nuclear deal retroactively contingent on normalisation with Israel, but the agreement still permits potential uranium enrichment on Saudi soil—a proliferation risk that could trigger similar demands from Egypt, Turkey, and Algeria, fundamentally reshaping Middle Eastern nuclear dynamics.
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If Saudi Arabia gets domestic uranium enrichment, Egypt and Turkey will demand it too—and the US has just made that negotiation currency available. Defence contractors selling to the region need to understand that the proliferation fence just came down, which reshapes every export control and partner risk assessment you make.
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