Saudi Crown Prince: Palestinians should take what the U.S. offers

[DonViejo]

Source: Axios




Barak Ravid of Israel's Channel 10 news 3 hours ago

In a closed-door meeting with heads of Jewish organizations in New York on March 27th, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) gave harsh criticism of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), according to an Israeli foreign ministry cable sent by a diplomat from the Israeli consulate in New York, as well three sources — Israeli and American — who were briefed about the meeting.

The bottom line of the crown prince's criticism: Palestinian leadership needs to finally take the proposals it gets from the U.S. or stop complaining.

According to my sources, the Saudi Crown Prince told the Jewish leaders:

"In the last several decades the Palestinian leadership has missed one opportunity after the other and rejected all the peace proposals it was given. It is about time the Palestinians take the proposals and agree to come to the negotiations table or shut up and stop complaining."

— MBS

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[grantcart]

1. I believe that the Saudis will do anything to help Trump start a war with Iran

For decades the Saudis, I believe, paid Arafat tens of millions to not settle so that the conflict could continue and divert attention from the domestic situation in Saudi Arabia

[still_one]

2. Perhaps Saudi Arabia might start giving advice after it decides to recognize the state of Israel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Israel

I have to wonder if Saudi Arabia is still against the Iran nuclear deal and this is a variation of the enemy of my enemy is my "friend"

[lsewpershad]

3. Saudi prince

should just go to hell.... and all the virgins there.

[House of Roberts]

4. Something tells me,

MBS is missing the empathy gene.

[Igel]

6. It's a recessive gene.

And not very common in that part of the world, except "empathy for one's own."

We have a shorthand word for that. It's "bias".

[SharonAnn]

5. It's time someone called the Palestinians about that. Arafat lost a great opportunity and since

since then, they've squandered one opportunity after another. In today's world you have to sit down and negotiate. When Arafat refused the bargain with Israel, which would've called a halt to the building of new settlements, Israel's settlement building program went on steroids.