In a sharply worded rebuke likely to postpone any talk of expanding the Abraham Accords until after the US election likely pitting Joe Biden again against Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia said unequivocally it will not normalise relations with Israel as desperately hoped for by the Democratic administration in Washington, and would only consider it if the war in Gaza stops and an independent Palestinian state is established. “The Kingdom has communicated its firm position to the US administration that there will be no diplomatic relations with Israel unless an independent Palestinian state is recogn…