AP:
Saudi Arabia, the most powerful Arab nation and home to Islam’s holiest sites, has made its official position on the region’s longest-running conflict clear: Full ties between the kingdom and Israel can only happen when peace is reached with the Palestinians.
Yet state-backed Saudi media and clerics are signaling change is already underway with Israel — something that can only happen under the directives of the country’s powerful heir, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The divergent messages on the possibility of Saudi ties with Israel reflect what analysts and insiders say is a schism between how the 35-year-old prince and his 84-year-old father, King Salman, view national interests.
“It’s no secret there’s a generational conflict,” said New York-based Rabbi Marc Schneier, who serves as an advisor to Bahrain’s king and has held talks in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries to promote stronger ties with Jews and Israel.
Gulf capitals have been increasingly looking to Israel as an ally to defend against common rival Iran </483518e953ade2a1846f1e1e0b29a0e0> amid quiet concerns about the direction of U.S. foreign policy and the uncertainty around the upcoming presidential election. But it’s not only countering Iran that’s brought Israel and Arab states closer in recent years.
The rabbi said the former Saudi ambassador to the U.S., Prince Khalid bin Salman, told him that the top priority of his brother, the crown prince, is reforming the Saudi economy.
“He said these exact words: ‘We will not be able to succeed without Israel.’ So for the Saudis, it’s not a question of ‘if,’ it’s a question of ‘when.’ And there’s no doubt that they will establish relations with Israel,” Schneier said.
Prominent Saudi royal, Prince Turki al-Faisal, insists “any talk of a rift between the king and the crown prince is mere speculation.”
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Birds of a feather flock together.
BDS to deprive the oppressive military of its bullets and bombs to end this illegal and military occupation
What took 'em so long? This is happening thanks to President Trump's wise foreign policy.
GR
What took them so long? take a look at that other comment on this page. That oughtta tell ya:)
Absolutely, AR. Sloganeering has replaced all forms of logical thinking.
GR
Well not really. There was no logical thinking on their part to begin with. That is the crowd who likes to take things out of context , bend the truth, and justify things based on some bullshit theory they come up with when they are having CHelokabab with doogh at their local iranian eatery, You know. That typical bastion and incubator of new ideas :)
All these nonsensical slogans are just to cover up their tracks they left behind as weasles that they are.