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The prince, who is a former Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States (US), considers the attitude of Palestinian leaders who attack the leadership of the Gulf countries to be too much. (Read: Qatar Refuses to Normalize with Israel before the Palestine Problem is Over)
“This low level of discourse is not what we expect from officials trying to get global support for their cause,” Prince Bandar said quipped Palestinian leaders.
“Their violation of the leadership of the Gulf states with this despicable discourse is totally unacceptable,” he continued in an exclusive interview with Al Arabiya, which was launched on Tuesday (6/10/2020).
Prince Bandar served as Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the US from 1983 to 2005. He was also the head of royal intelligence from 2014 to 2016. He said criticism of the UAE and other Gulf states after the deal with Israel was “very painful to hear” . (Read: Palestine slams Bahrain-Israel normalization: Stab from behind!)
Palestinian leaders including President Mahmoud Abbas described the UAE’s decision to normalize relations with Israel as a “stabbing behind the Palestinian people”.
Abbas later retracted his statement and barred Palestinian officials from making offensive remarks about other Arab leaders, following a request from Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for Arab States in the Gulf (GCC) Nayef al-Hajraf to apologize.
According to Prince Bandar, the reaction of Hamas in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank reflects their broader failure. (Read: Israel Wishes Saudi Arabia Happy 90th National Day)
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