Although Saudi Arabia and Israel have no formal diplomatic relations, the recent statement by crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud indicates that Riyadh and tel Aviv were to maintain allied relations for some time, the Turkish political scientist Ozdemir Akbal opinion, speaking from a Satellite.
“It was said that Israel has the right to live in a national state, of Saudi Arabia, crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman de facto confirmed the existence of the Union between Saudi Arabia and Israel,” Turkish political analyst Ozdemir Akbal suggested, speaking at sputnik Turkey.
Earlier, giving an interview to Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic ocean, the crown Prince acknowledged the right of the Jewish people to their own state, which became the first Arab leader made this statement: “I believe that Palestinians and Israelis have a right to their land,” said Mohammad bin Salman said, stressing the importance of the peace agreement between the parties ” to provide stability for all and have a normal relationship.”
“Despite the fact that Saudi Arabia, like several other Muslim countries, cites Israel return to the pre-1967 borders as a condition for establishing diplomatic relations, Riyadh’s Alliance with Washington and its anti-Iranian position play a decisive role in the relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Israel,” Akbal pointed out.
He continued that in spite of the harsh anti-Israeli rhetoric of officials of KSA since 1948, the country has never participated in military operations against tel Aviv, unlike Egypt and Syria. Relationship of Riyadh in Israel was largely demonstrated in the form of verbal criticism, which means that between two countries the bilateral relations better than anyone can imagine, the Turkish political scientist expressed an opinion.
According to Akbal, the gradual rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Israel began in 2012: “Saudi Arabia has started closer cooperation with Israel since 2012 in light of Iran’s position on the world stage,” said the analyst. “The conclusion of the Iran nuclear deal Iran and P5+1 countries and the fight against Isil [ISIS/ISIL] in Syria* contributes to the process of rapprochement between tel Aviv and Riyadh]”.
Iran nuclear agreement, also known as the joint comprehensive plan of action (SVPD) agreed in July 2015 with Iran, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (China, France, Russia, UK and USA) plus Germany and the European Union.
The analyst stressed that, despite the absence of direct diplomatic relations between KSA and Israel, the two countries continue to influence Washington’s policy in the middle East.
Meanwhile, the civil war in Syria that erupted in 2011 has strengthened Saudi-Israeli relations.
“Using different formulations, both sides have stated that they have common interests on the issue of regional security and intelligence sharing,” Akbal-noted. “Given this, we are likely to see to accelerate this process and perhaps establishing relations with other countries of the Arabian Peninsula with Israel with the mediation of Saudi Arabia”.
Thus, in December of 2017, the foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Adel al-Jubeir made it clear that Riyadh has a “road map” for normalization of relations with tel Aviv, in an interview with broadcaster “France 24,” adding, however, that Saudi Arabia and Israel do not have diplomatic relations.
“Our position on Jerusalem has always been very clear. We believe the decision to create two States on the basis of relevant UN resolutions and the Arab peace initiative. We believe that in the end, we will have a Palestinian state in ’67 [1967]… the borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. It was our position that remains our position,” al-Jubeir said.
Earlier, in November 2017, the head of the Israeli military staff Lieutenant-General Gadi Eisenkot, announced that tel Aviv is ready “to exchange experiences with the moderate Arab countries and the exchange of intelligence information to Iran”.
Answering the question posed in Saudi Arabia-news site Elaph, Israeli military officials have identified Saudi Arabia, noting that “there are a lot of common interests” between Riyadh and tel Aviv. Eisenkot said that the two countries never fought each other.
Tel Aviv and Tehran do not have diplomatic relations with the Islamic revolution of 1979 in Iran. For its part, Saudi Arabia broke off diplomatic relations with Iran after the attack on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran in 2016.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
