By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Saudi Arabia's former intelligence chief and ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, is a living and breathing institution. He has been in his role for decades. In both of his positions his fingers were on the pulse of everything, small and large, that was happening in the world.
A 3-part interview was conducted with him on Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television.
The first episode aired on Monday.
The most significant element in the Prince’s interview was his critique of Palestinian leadership over the past decades. He called the PA’s criticism of the agreements that both the UAE and Bahrain made with Israel a "transgression" and "reprehensible discourse".
Saudi Arabia is not about to be the next country to normalize with Israel, but they are getting closer and closer.
Prince Bandar, as he is always called in the United States, said that the Palestinians and their backers always are on the wrong side. And yet, he reminded them, Saudi kings have supported the Palestinian Authority for decades - despite the PA’s errors.
As an interesting aside, Prince Bandar’s daughter, Reema, is the current Saudi Ambassador to the United States.
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