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| Ex-Israeli, Saudi Intel Chiefs To Hold Public Debate | |
| 2014-05-26 | |
Prince Turki bin Faisal al-Saud, the director of the General Intelligence of Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... from 1979 to 2001, will discuss pressing foreign and security policy issues facing Middle Eastern countries with Amos Yadlin, who headed Israel's military intelligence between 2006 and 2010 after serving as deputy commander of the Israeli Air Force. Al-Saud, the youngest son of the late King Faisal, served as the kingdom's ambassador to the United States between 2005 and 2007. He currently serves as the chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh and has given many lectures on relations between Saudi Arabia and the West. The debate between al-Saud and Yadlin, who currently heads the Institute for National Security Studies think tank in Tel Aviv, will be moderated by Washington Post columnist and David Ignatius. It will be live streamed at 2:00 p.m., Israel time, by the German Marshall Fund of the United States Monday's debate will not be al-Saud's first brush with Israeli officials. In February, during a Munich Security Conference panel discussion on the Israeli-Paleostinian peace talks, al-Saud praised Justice Minister Tzipi Livni for her efforts to achieve a final status agreement. Al-Saud told Livni warmly that he understood "why you are the negotiator for Israel." He was later reportedly seen sitting next to, and in discussion with, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak. Al-Saud is a strong backer of the Arab Peace Initiative and has been critical in the past of Israel's cool response to the proposal. In 2010, at the same Munich conference, he had a public row with then-deputy foreign minister Danny Ayalon over Saudi donations to the Paleostinian government. The two men later publicly apologized and shook hands. Although Israel and Saudi Arabia do not have formal relations, both are staunch allies of the US and are deeply opposed to the Iranian regime's nuclear program. In recent years, numerous media reports have surfaced alleging back-channel communications between the two countries. | |
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| Posted by: Shipman 2014-05-26 03:07 |