Saudi Foreign Minister Saud bin Faisal Al-Saud sent a surprising and conciliatory message to Israel on the sidelines of an Islamic conference held in the city of Jeddah in recent days. According to a report on the AWD News website, Al-Saud called for coexistence with Israel and held Hamas responsible for the destruction in Gaza.
According to the report, Al-Saud claimed that the Middle East now needs peace and coexistence more than ever, adding that Saudi Arabia, as a leading Muslim country, is ready to "do the fighting" in peace negotiations and push Abu Mazen to adhere to the same policy.
Referring to the war in Gaza, Al-Saud said that Hamas is solely responsible for the suffering of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and that those responsible must be brought to justice. This is a highly unusual statement not only from an Arab figure but also from a global perspective. According to the report, the Saudi foreign minister also said that the Arab world is frustrated with Hamas, which repeatedly seeks wars.
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This is the second time in the past month that Saudi Arabia has sent a message of reconciliation towards Israel. Recently Article published In the newspaper "Asharq Al-Awsat", published in London and controlled by the Saudi royal family, which stated that there is no longer an Israeli-Arab conflict but an Israeli-Turkish-Iranian conflict, and called on Israel to initiate a "deal" with the Arab world. These comments add to the backlash that Egypt is giving Israel in the war against Hamas and to the fears of the moderate countries in the Middle East - Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia - of the ISIS organization, which established the Islamic State in large parts of Iraq and Syria.
Media outlets in Egypt and Saudi Arabia have recently attacked Hamas in light of Operation Protective Edge.
According to the MEMRI website, after Khaled Meshaal criticized Arab countries for not supporting the Palestinians, the Saudi daily Al-Oqaz attacked him in an opinion article that read, among other things: "Mishaal, we are tired of defending the Palestinian cause that you sold cheaply to the Muslim Brotherhood gang.".
