Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States, Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud, is participating in the inaugural Middle East–America Dialogue (MEAD) summit in Washington, D.C., from 8-9 September, an Israel-focused event alongside senior Israeli officials and Arab figures as backchannel discussions about potential normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia continue despite the war in Gaza. While efforts to broker a U.S.-backed normalisation agreement between the two countries remain on hold due to the war, officials from the United States and Israel have signalled recently they could r…