A looming agreement to normalise diplomatic relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia – two US key allies in the Middle East – has been dashed in the short term. The agreement was seen as an important bringing together of two countries that share a mutual loathing of Tehran. The attack has also become entwined with the Ukrainian-Russian war: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is of Jewish heritage, has been vocal in backing Israel’s right to defend itself; meanwhile, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who previously enjoyed a warm relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has failed to condemn the attacks and...