As Saudis Consider Deal With Israel, Palestinians Seek Sway in Talks

When a group of three Arab states forged landmark diplomatic ties with Israel in 2020, the Palestinian leadership saw the process as a betrayal: The deals upended a decades-old Arab practice of ostracizing Israel until the creation of a Palestinian state.

Three years on, amid efforts by the United States to broker a similar pact between Israel and Saudi Arabia, Palestinian leaders are taking a different tack: engagement.

On Tuesday, three senior Palestinian envoys are set to arrive in Riyadh,…