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Biden officials vent frustrations in dealing with Netanyahu, decry missed chance of Saudi deal
They don’t understand that they were the J Street of American governments: claiming to love Israel while loathing and working to undermine the existence of everything that misses by even a micron their idea of what it ought to be. [IsraelTimes] In interviews with Israeli TV program, 9 senior officials from previous US administration speak with unprecedented candor; Hochstein: Saudi deal would have required election or coalition shufflePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government missed an opportunity to reach a normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia  ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...last year, a top aide to former US president Joe The Big GuyBiden Posted by: trailing wife 2025-05-04 |
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