Israel-Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian issue
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The Saudi order of priorities
The State Department and the Western foreign policy establishment have contended that the Palestinian Arab issue features prominently on the Saudi order of national priorities. Saudi officials have repeatedly said that a Palestinian state with eastern Jerusalem as its capital is a prerequisite for Saudi Arabia normalizing ties with Israel, and Prince Faisal’s comments this past Thursday are in line with that.
Therefore, the Stae Department has maintained that a substantial enhancement of Israel-Saudi cooperation - and certainly, the attainment of an Israel-Saudi Arabia peace treaty – would be preconditioned upon substantial Israeli concessions to the Palestinian Arabs, including the establishment of a Palestinian Arab state.
However, contrary to the State Department's worldview, Saudi Arabia's strong man, the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), does not really consider the Palestinian Arab issue a top priority, although he gives it lip service.
Moreover, conversely to State Department assessments, MBS is aware that the Palestinian issue is not the crux of the Arab-Israeli conflict, neither a crown-jewel of Arab policy-making, nor a core cause of regional turbulence. READ MORE
Israel-Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian issue
Israel-Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian issue
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