Washington, Nov. 27 -- Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has rejected a US proposal to advance normalisation with Israel, insisting that Riyadh will not join the Abraham Accords without a credible and time-bound pathway to Palestinian statehood, according to report by Axios and Israeli media.

The matter was raised during the Crown Prince's November 18 meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House.

US officials told Axios that the administration had anticipated progress on the issue, but the discussion became strained when Trump urged Saudi Arabia to sign onto the accords. Mohammed bin Salman responded that the Kingdom's position remains unchanged: any agreement must be tied to the establishment of an independen...