Saudis To Palestinians: Stop Being Losers And Cut A Deal — Or Else

[PeteS in CA]

Saudis To Palestinians: Stop Being Losers And Cut A Deal — Or Else

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/10/06/saudis-palestinians-stop-losers-cut-deal-else/

In case anyone doubted which way the wind blows in the Middle East, the Saudi ruling class has erected a weathervane even the Palestinians can’t miss. After Palestinian leadership blasted Arab nations for normalizing relations with Israel, a leading figure in the Riyadh regime blasted them right back in an interview with Saudi state television outlet al-Arabiya. The Palestinian criticisms were “reprehensible discourse,” said Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, part of a 75-year-long track record of Palestinian “failures”:

In an interview with Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television aired on Monday, the prince labeled the Palestinian authorities’ criticism a “transgression” and “reprehensible discourse.”

“The Palestinian cause is a just cause but its advocates are failures, and the Israeli cause is unjust but its advocates have proven to be successful. That sums up the events of the last 70 or 75 years,” he said in the first of a three-part airing of the interview.

“There is something that successive Palestinian leadership historically share in common: they always bet on the losing side, and that comes at a price.”

Not sure what or how much to make of this, but it sounds like the Saudis are "hinting" that they are inclined to cut off the Arab Palis' gravy train.

[corbe]

   Even I have to admit Trump's tremendous strides in the Middle East have been extraordinary.  Beats the hell out out of just killing them and/or trying to convert them to a system that they despise, Nation Building in that region is insane, 9/11 taught us that.