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A former Saudi official accused Israel of “hypocrisy”, which caused alarm on the Israeli side, which the foreign minister expressed in conjunction with the passage of the region at the best moment for Israeli relations and neighboring countries.
“DW” quoted Israeli media, on Sunday, December 6, that Prince Turki Al-Faisal Al Saud, former Saudi intelligence chief, spoke during the Regional Security Conference (Manama Dialogue), in the capital of Bahrain, Manama, with the participation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, Gabi Ashkenazi. Accusing Israel.
In forceful remarks, Prince Turki al-Faisal said that Israel presents itself as “a small country facing an existential threat surrounded by bloodthirsty assassins who wish to eliminate it.” He continued: “However, they do express their desire to befriend Saudi Arabia.”
Israeli media quoted Al-Faisal, a former Saudi ambassador to Washington, as saying that his comments “represent his own position,” not the Riyadh regime.
“The Israelis want to establish relations with Saudi Arabia, but they are sending their attack dogs in the international media, against Saudi Arabia,” Al-Faisal said.
He added that “an open wound cannot be treated with painkillers. You cannot call Abraham agreements without a role for Saudi Arabia.”
And the Abraham Accords, is the name that the current US administration gives to the normalization agreements between Israel and some Arab countries, especially the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
Al-Faisal called on the Israelis to “accept our extended hand and accept the Arab peace initiative, only then can we face Iran together.”
The 2002 Arab Initiative envisions the establishment of an internationally recognized Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, a just solution to the Palestinian refugee problem, and Israel’s withdrawal from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. and of the lands still occupied in southern Lebanon, in exchange for Arab recognition of Israel and normalization. Relations with her.
Israel rejects the Arab initiative, along with its desire to implement its relations with the Arab countries.
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On the other hand, the Israeli Foreign Minister, Gabi Ashkenazi, expressed his regret for the statements of the Saudi prince, and said that “the Abrahamic agreements do not come at the expense of the Palestinians”, and that it is “an opportunity not to be missed” .
“I do not believe that these statements reflect the spirit of change in the Middle East,” he said.
And then Ashkenazi’s description, via cheep On “Twitter,” what the Saudi representative “said at the Manama conference” were “false accusations” and “do not reflect the spirit of change that the region is going through.”
The dispute between Al-Faisal and Ashkenazi arises in light of reports of rapprochement in positions between Riyadh and Tel Aviv.
Israeli media said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had secretly met with Saudi Crown Prince Prince Muhammad bin Salman, which was denied by Riyadh.
In mid-September, Israel signed two agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to normalize relations, and Khartoum later announced its approval of normalization with Tel Aviv.
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