Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide” in some of the harshest public criticism of the country by a Saudi official since the start of the war.

  • @[email protected]
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    71 month ago

    I honestly can’t believe I’m about to say this but Saudi Arabia may just be the stabilizing factor in this conflict. They definitely don’t want a regional war in their backyard and they also definitely don’t want to fuck up the oil economy. And they do have Trumps ear as well. Definitely a weird dynamic.

    Then again this could just be me being hopelessly optimistic and naive.

    • @PugJesus
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      51 month ago

      It’s not inconceivable. The issue is that what is in the interest of nations and what is in the interest of the nation’s decision-makers often diverge - and in the case of Trump and Netanyahu, diverge quite starkly.

      This entire atrocity is nothing but a disaster for the entire region, Israel included, but it benefits a few Israeli decision-makers, so it goes forward.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month ago

        Trumps interests will converge to anyone who gives him enough money. There is a big question now if Russian/Saudi money will be enough to get rid of the AIPAC money he would be getting.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month ago

        Oh I know. Yemen is just a lot more contained. Iran and Israel go to war and it’s a whole other story.

    • JaggedRobotPubes
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      31 month ago

      Powerful entities doing the right thing for the wrong reasons may do some good, just not reliably.