Saudi Arabia says no ties with Israel without Palestinian state

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1. This should be considered the bare minimum. People are not born with a desire to join extremists groups and murder innocent people. They are driven to those ends by the material conditions they are born into. Remove the things that push Palestinians to groups like Hamas.

   This includes the bombings that kill thousands of innocents, the denial of access to basic goods/services to live a life of dignity and sovereignty. If Palestinians were guaranteed those basic needs then groups like Hamas would have no reason to exist or the means to recruit anybody. Palestinians deserve an opportunity to live and exist like all people.

2. This has been their stance for at least the past 30 years, despite some American politicians arrogantly trying to push the envelope. Not surprising at all.

3. Trump is on the verge of undoing decades of diplomatic efforts aimed at normalization between Israel and its Arab neighbors, including his own much-touted Abraham Accords. No Arab state in the region will support a policy of annexation and forced displacement of Palestinians. It directly contradicts their public positions, historical commitments, and national interests. Even those who previously engaged in normalization will and have faced immense internal and external pressure to distance themselves from any initiative perceived as facilitating the disenfranchisement of Palestinians. The instability resulting from such actions will only fuel further conflict, erode trust, and make future negotiations even more difficult. Instead of securing a lasting legacy in the Middle East, Trump’s policies may cement a legacy of irreversible damage to the prospects for peace.

4. There is no Saudi Arabia, there is only the Royal family. Our politicians, media and general population would be served better to call things exactly as they are. ‘The King/Prince apparent of X says y… Trump, President of the USA, says x’… ‘Putin, President of Russia, says X’

   I understand these things seem like minutia, but I genuinely believe they frame the way the general population perceives things. We should avoid misleading interpretations of popular sentiment as much as possible.

5. This is the typical “public” response by the Saudi’s.

   But behind the door they most certainly do cooperate. The Saudi’s have allowed Israelis to use their airspace numerous times over the decades. Not is all as it appears.

6. Butcher Bin Salman is saying this for domestic public consumption. Behind the scenes he sucks Netanyahu’s c**ck and makes the big money deals. Saudi Arabia as an entity doesn’t give a shit about the Palestinian people, never have, never will, but those in the street do. This is to tamp down any potential for civic unrest.

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