Yossi Schwartz ISL (RCIT section in Israel/Occupied Palestine), 11.02.2025
According to commentators in the Arab world, US President Donald Trump tried to dictate in advance to Saudi Arabia the results of the negotiations on normalization with Israel and hastened to declare that Saudi Arabia does not demand the establishment of a Palestinian state as a condition for an agreement with Israel.
The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, was outraged by this. The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official statement stating that “the Kingdom’s position regarding the establishment of a Palestinian state is firm and unquestionable.” It was also reported that bin Salman clarified this unequivocally.
Saudi Arabia emphasized its “absolute rejection of any violation of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, whether through the Israeli settlement policy, the dispossession of the Palestinians from the Palestinian lands, or the displacement of the Palestinian people from their country, as they will remain committed to their country and will not move from it.”
While we do not support the fake solution of Saudi Arabia of two states, and we are for a Palestinian workers’ state supported by the Fellahin from the river to the sea, we condemn Trump’s super reactionary politics.
The Saudi position is the same as other Arab countries, such as Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Egypt, which published a statement opposing Trump’s proposal to remove the Palestinians from the Strip.
Bin Salman sent Prince Turki Al-Faisal, who was the head of Saudi intelligence, to CNN, and he condemned Trump for his plan to uproot the Palestinians from the Strip and transfer them to Egypt, Jordan, and other countries in the world. He appeared on the CNN network screen wearing a black and white turban, a distinct Palestinian symbol. He said that what Trump proposed was “unacceptable,” adding: “It is delusional to think that a global community can tolerate ethnic cleansing in the 21st century.” He also attacked Israel and explicitly said that “the problem in Palestine is not the Palestinians, but the Israeli occupation”.
There is a good reason for the local Arab rulers to distance themselves from Trump’s plan. This reason is the fear of a new Arab revolution against traitors.
It is essential to realize that imperialist Russia has not rejected Trump’s plan but says that Russia needs more information. In Israel, only 3% of the Israeli Jews see this plan as immoral. If there were elections today, Ben Gevir, the extreme right-wing racist, would get nine seats in the Zionist parliament.
Down with all the imperialists!
For Palestine, red and free from the river to the sea!