Saudi Arabia could be offered an unprecedented defence deal by the US to sweeten a normalisation agreement with Israel, which has hit the rocks due to the war on Gaza, according to a report. The treaty would include a pledge from Washington to defend Saudi Arabia if it was attacked and likely open the door to higher-grade US-made weaponry, according to The Wall Street Journal, something unparalleled in the region. It would be the first mutual defence pact agreed by Washington with a foreign power since 1960 when it signed the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security with Japan and the first w…