In 2018, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led a delegation to Oman and met with Sultan Qaboos and other senior Omani officials.

[2] In February 2019, Omani foreign minister, Yusuf bin Alawi, said that Oman will not normalize its relations with Israel until a sovereign Palestinian state has been established.

[7] Unlike most other nations in the region, Oman has not participated in any of the armed conflicts fought between Arab states and Israel.

[1] Oman was one of two Arab nations (the other being Morocco) not to break off diplomatic relations with Egypt after the Camp David accords in 1979.

[1] Oman had pushed at the time for a regional water project, specifically on desalination and was interested in Israeli technology.