In yet another indication of Saudi Arabia’s shifting public discourse on Israel, Saudi writer Mohammed al-Saaed has attacked Palestinians, their cause as well as resistance groups, calling them “enemies” of the ultra-conservative kingdom.
Saaed, in an article published in the Arabic-language Okaz daily newspaper, alleged that Palestinians have aligned themselves with Qatar, Turkey and Iran and have turned into “puppets in the hands of Doha, Ankara and Tehran.”
“Palestinian people have used organized terrorism against most Arab countries, and used their guns and bombs against Arab nations,” he went on to claim.
Saaed added, “Palestinian people have fought against Arab armies and security services for the past six decades, and have confronted Arabs more than they have stood up against Israel and its security services.”
The Saudi writer also mocked the resistance of Palestinian people, saying that their alleged terrorist operations against consulates, embassies and assassinations of Saudi personalities should not be forgotten.
Saaed concluded by asserting that Palestinian people have taken a hostile stance against Saudi leaders.
“Saudi Arabia only intends to end their (Palestinian people’s) persecution. Palestinians should know that the Saudi public opinion can no longer tolerate such harassments and insults,” he claimed.
Saeed’s vile comments against Palestinians came only a few days after Saudi Arabia's former intelligence chief and ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, viciously attacked Palestinians and their cause.
The Saudi prince told Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television news network in an interview aired earlier this week that Palestinians took the Riyadh regime’s support for granted, slamming the Palestinian leadership for criticizing the decisions of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain to normalize relations with Israel.
Back in late April, Saudi writer Rawaf al-Saeen attracted a storm of criticism after he unleashed a vicious onslaught on Palestinians, and asked Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to burn the long-trodden nation and get rid of them in an incendiary request published on social media.
“I am ready to sleep beside a Jew, but not a Palestinian. I would let a Jew in my house and entertain him; but would not allow a Palestinian to enter my house,” Saeen said in remarks posted on his YouTube channel.
He then addressed the Palestinian nation, adding, “You are not Arabs. You have no land or cause. That land is the Israeli soil. (Former Israeli prime ministers) Yitzhak Shamir, (Yitzhak) Rabin and Golda Meir were heroes, but Netanyahu is a coward because he did not burn you. I do not know the reason given his possession of stacks of weapons.”
Saeen also urged the Israeli prime minister to exterminate Palestinians, and seal the border of the occupied territories in order to prevent Palestinians from immigration.
Netanyahu signed US-brokered normalization deals with the Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani during an official ceremony hosted by President Donald Trump at the White House on September 15.
Palestinians, who seek an independent state in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, with East Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital, view the deals as betrayal of their cause.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas protested the normalization deals with Israel, saying they will be fruitless as long as the United States and the Israeli regime do not recognize the rights of the Palestinian nation and refuse to resolve the issue of Palestinian refugees.
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