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Scathing Saudi criticism of Palestinians hints at shift to Israeli peace

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Published: 13 October 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Ex-Saudi intelligence chief and envoy to Washington, Prince Bandar Bin Sultan al-Saud, lambasted slammed Palestinian leaders for criticising peace Gulf peace accords with Israel

Signs Saudis are edging towards historic Israel peace (BBC)
Are Saudi Arabia's rulers, historically critics of Israel and its treatment of the Palestinians, finally edging closer to normalising relations with the country often dismissively referred to in the past by Arab media as "the Zionist entity"?

Prompting feverish speculation on social media has been the scathing set of interviews given to Al-Arabiya TV by former Saudi intelligence chief and longtime ambassador to Washington, Prince Bandar Bin Sultan al-Saud, who lambasted Palestinian leaders for criticising recent peace moves with Israel by Gulf Arab states.

Israel's Gulf deals derailed Palestinians' strategy (Haaretz)
Future leaders may have to take different path

Photo: Prince Bandar was the Saudi ambassador to the US from 1983 to 2005 (Hassan Mamar/AP)
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