| The dispute over Gaza’s future — coming as the war still rages with no end in sight — pits the United States and its Arab allies against Israel and poses a major obstacle to any plans for postwar governance or reconstruction in Gaza. |
...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...
’s foreign minister said the kingdom will not normalize relations with Israel nor contribute to Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
’s reconstruction without a credible pathway to a Paleostinian state.
Prince Faisal bin Farhan’s remarks in an interview with CNN
...formerly the
Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for...
broadcast late Sunday were some of the most direct yet from Saudi officials. It puts them at odds with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has rejected Paleostinian statehood and described plans for open-ended military control over Gaza.
The dispute over Gaza’s future — coming as the war still rages with no end in sight — pits the United States and its Arab allies against Israel and poses a major obstacle to any plans for postwar governance or reconstruction in Gaza.
Before the October 7 Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...attack that triggered the war, the US had been trying to broker a landmark agreement in which Saudi Arabia would normalize relations with Israel in exchange for US security guarantees, aid in establishing a civilian nuclear program in the kingdom, and progress toward resolving the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict.
In September, Netanyahu had said Israel was "at the cusp" of such a deal, which he said would transform the Middle East.
In the interview with "CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS," the host asked: "Are you saying unequivocally that if there is not a credible and irreversible path to a Paleostinian state, there will not be normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel?"
"That’s the only way we’re going to get a benefit," Prince Faisal replied. "So, yes."
Earlier in the interview, when asked if oil-rich Saudi Arabia would finance reconstruction in Gaza — where Israel’s air and ground offensive has devastated vast swaths of the impoverished territory — Prince Faisal gave a similar answer.
"As long as we’re able to find a pathway to a solution, a resolution, a pathway that means that we’re not going to be here again in a year or two, then we can talk about anything," he said. "But if we are just resetting to the status quo before October 7, in a way that sets us up for another round of this, as we have seen in the past, we’re not interested in that conversation."
Does this mean if there is no path, the Magic Kingdom will not donate to rebuild Gaza? Israel’s path is clear.
The Paleostinians seek a state that would include Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem, territories Israel captured in the 1967 Six Day War.To be followed, as quickly as possible, by the territories Israel was given by the UN in 1948. Though given that the Arabs couldn’t close the deal then with their five well-equipped armies against Jewish civilians with personal weapons and a few crop-duster airplanes, it doesn’t seem likely they’d actually accomplish their purpose if given a do-over.
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