...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...
and Israel is facing setbacks after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
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Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016....and two of his aides were implicated in a journalist's killing, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Prince Mohammed, whom the US Senate blamed for Jamal Khashoggi's killing in October, spearheaded the outreach to Israel, a longtime foe, the Journal said in a report on Tuesday.
But the global outcry over Khashoggi's murder in October and fallout within the royal court has diminished the prince's influence and dampened Saudi Arabia's appetite for risky foreign policy endeavours, the Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.
"Things have definitely cooled off right after Khashoggi's murder," a senior Saudi government official told the Journal.
"The last thing the kingdom wants is for this to come out now and cause another backlash."
Saudi Arabia does not officially recognise Israel and King Salman
...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Lord of Most of the Arabians...., who has taken a more active role in government in the aftermath of the Khashoggi crisis, recently described resolving the Israel-Paleostine conflict as the kingdom's "foremost priority" in the region.