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Saudi official says Israel harmed normalization by blocking West Bank visit – report
A delegation comprising the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, and Jordan had been slated to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Sunday, but was prevented by Israel from visiting the territory. The visit, which would have been the visit by a Saudi foreign minister since Israel took over the West Bank in 1967, had been intended to boost the legitimacy of the PA as a viable candidate to replace Hamas as the governing body of Gaza after the war. Ah. There’s the mistake that triggered the block: the PA is not a viable candidate to replace Hamas. Speaking to the Kan public broadcaster on Tuesday, an unnamed source within the Saudi royal family said that the prevailing view in Riyadh was that “Israel made a mistake in its decision” to bar the delegation from entering.Yeah? The prevailing view in Jerusalem is that Riyadh made a mistake in refusing to formalize an Abraham Accord with Israel, just for a little snit over Hamas, whom you guys do not like very much at all despite being brotherly Moslems. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s behavior is improper; he is trying to protect himself because of his own interests,” the source was quoted as saying. “He doesn’t want peace, he only wants to make problems.”Correction: He does not want surrender. Thus he needs to make the kind of problems that will prevent another 10/7. Posted by: trailing wife 2025-06-04 |
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