Yossi Schwartz ISL (RCIT section in Israel/Occupied Palestine), 17.02.2025
Yesterday evening (Sunday), the Zionist war Minister Israel Katz presented Israel’s priorities in a meeting with a delegation of American senators: Lindsey Graham, Sheldon Whitestone, Richard Blumenthal, Johnny Ernst, Dan Sullivan all of them pro-Zionists and supporters of the genocide of the Palestinians. He said: “Preventing nuclear weapons from Iran, releasing all the abductees and eliminating Hamas in Gaza – and then an agreement with Saudi Arabia,”.[i]
Katz referred to the Palestinian state and said that “Israel will never agree to the establishment of a Palestinian state. Trump’s plan regarding Gaza is the only one that can guarantee security for the residents of the south and the State of Israel after the lessons learned from the events of October 7.” [ii] This position was against the official statement by Saudi Arabia, which rejected the idea of immigration from Gaza and made it clear that it would not maintain relations with Israel without the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Brigadier General (Ret.) Udi Dekal said in a radio interview: “I don’t pretend to understand Netanyahu’s moves, but if we analyze this decision – it seems that the outline extends beyond the abductees’ deal. The next step should lead to the cessation of fighting in Gaza and the finding of a political solution – an issue that Israel has so far avoided promoting. This is directly related to the normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia, since there will be no progress in normalization as long as the fighting continues, and as long as it is not clear what the permanent arrangement in the Gaza Strip will be.”[iii]
The fact that the Saudi Arabia ruling family does not have official relations with Israel should not mislead us. It is known that there are secret trade relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
“In 2019, Israel exported $11k to Saudi Arabia. The main products that Israel exported to Saudi Arabia were N/A. Over the past 10 years the exports of Israel to Saudi Arabia have decreased at an annualized rate of 26.2%, from $229k in 2009 to $11k in 2019. Saudi Arabia-Israel Trade: In 2019, Saudi Arabia exported $806k to Israel. The main products that Saudi Arabia exported to Israel were N/A. Over the past 10 years the exports of Saudi Arabia to Israel have increased at an annualized rate of 65.5% from $65k in 2009 to $806k in 2019.” [iv]
“Relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel became increasingly public after the Trump administration took office in the United States (US) in 2017. There have been further developments since President Trump left office. MBS’s decision to invest two billion dollars from the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) into the Israeli economy through (President Trump’s son-in-law) Jared Kushner’s ‘Affinity Partners’ scheme in May 2022 was followed by the visit of a delegation of Israeli businesspeople to Saudi Arabia.Footnote6 In many ways, Saudi Arabia and Israel have already begun engaging in normalization, in spite of the absence of diplomatic relations between them” [v]
Put an end to the hypocrisy of the Arab local rulers!
For the Arab revolution!
For Palestine, red and free from the river to the sea!
Endnotes:
[i] https://www.maariv.co.il/news/politics/article-1173359
[ii] Ibid.
[iii] Ibid
[iv] https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-country/isr/partner/sau
[v] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03068374.2022.2134657#d1e94
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