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Saudi Prince Slams Hamas, Israel And The West
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67177684
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He took issue with the US media’s use of the phrase “unprovoked attack” in reference to the 7 October raid, saying: “What more provocation is required… than what Israel has done to the Palestinian people for three-quarters of a century?”
It is unlikely that he would have spoken without first checking in with his country’s Royal Court, run by the all-powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who held talks with Rishi Sunak on Thursday.
Prince Turki’s US and British education at Princeton, Cambridge and Georgetown has given him an invaluable perspective on Western culture and thinking, as well as providing him with lifelong contacts amongst decision-makers in Washington and Whitehall.
The rulers of Egypt, Jordan, UAE and Bahrain see Hamas and its revolutionary brand of so-called “political Islam” as a threat to their secular rule.
The Palestinian Authority, based on Yasser Arafat’s Fatah party, which governs the parts of the West Bank that have not been colonised by Israel, was effectively chased out of Gaza by Hamas in 2007.
It is hard to believe now but only two weeks ago, prior to the Hamas raid, Saudi Arabia was well on the way to normalising ties with Israel, just as the UAE, Bahrain and Morocco have done.
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