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| Former Saudi general visits Jerusalem, meets Israeli officials | |
| 2016-07-24 | |
According to a report in the Haaretz daily, the delegation led by Dr. Anwar Eshki met with Foreign Ministry Director-General Dore Gold, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj.-Gen. Yoav Mordechai, and several Knesset members from the opposition. Such a visit by former general Eshki, who was once a top adviser to the Saudi government, is an extremely rare occurrence. "While this wasn’t an official visit, it was a highly unusual one, as Eshki couldn’t have traveled to Israel without approval from the Saudi government," the newspaper report said. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #9 Israel, I'll be the first to admit, is markedly deficient on the metuo. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-07-24 14:22 |
| #8 Oderint dum metuant. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2016-07-24 14:04 |
| #7 Saudis hate Israel, but they fear Iran. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-07-24 13:32 |
| #6 Saudis have known Israel could have destroyed them long ago with nukes, but haven't. They think at Iran's first chance, they might take it |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-07-24 12:33 |
| #5 They may never confess it but: The Saudi hate for Israel is kind of generic, abstract. The Saudi hate for Iran is passionate. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2016-07-24 12:19 |
| #4 Good summation, Grins Snese4215. I seem to recall that the House is working on a bill to define Palestinian refugees as only the generation that fled in 1948. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-07-24 12:15 |
| #3 Iron dome for petrodollars. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-07-24 11:56 |
| #2 The usual sticking point is the fate of the "Palestinian refugees". If they are defined to be those who actually resided in Palestine before the creation of Israel and who fled (and who are therefore at least 68 years old, 89 if they were adults at the time) a resolution of it is possible. If it is defined to include all their descendants no resolution is possible. |
| Posted by: Grins Snese4215 2016-07-24 11:18 |
| #1 ....This actually has some significance, though not sure how much. A Saudi isn't going to make General unless he has some serious sponsorship in high places, and even after he retires he's not going to risk losing it. So it's reasonable to assume he's there with the blessing of the House of Saud... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2016-07-24 11:16 |