Back in October, I pointed to this post, suggesting that the following deal might be under way between KSA and Qatar:

1. Saudi Arabia would return its ambassador to Qatar. There has been no Saudi envoy in Doha since he was recalled in 2002.
2. Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz would attend the Gulf Cooperation Council in Qatar in December. Abdullah had boycotted the meeting of regional leaders when it was last hosted in Doha in 2002.
3. Qatar would see to it that al-Jazeera broadcasts would no longer “undermine” or “campaign” against Saudi Arabia.
4. Saudi Arabia would in turn permit al-Jazeera to establish a bureau in Riyadh.

And now today we have ambassadors returning and an opportunity to report the Haj.

But what of the cynical suggestion in point three?