Palestine–Saudi Arabia relations

Saudi Arabia – Palestine relations are the historical relations between Saudi Arabia and the State of Palestine.

Saudi Arabia-Palestine relations

Palestine
Saudi Arabia

Palestine has an embassy in Riyadh.[1] They are both members or observers of the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the United Nations. In recent times, there have been rumours circulating that indicate a cooling in Saudi support for Palestine, which both nations claim are meant to damage these relations.

History

While Saudi Arabia tends to be a sympathizer of Palestine after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Saudi Arabia has distanced themselves from the conflict and emphasizes in a more friendlier approach, sometimes even crossing with Israel.[2] Nonetheless, at the reign of King Faisal, a liberal ruler in Saudi history and firmly pro-Palestinian, Saudi Arabia had set up a closer tie with Palestine and supportive of the Palestinian cause to a level after the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, he withdrew Saudi oil from market, causing the 1973 oil crisis.[3] The new oil revenue also allowed Faisal to greatly increase the aid and subsidies begun following the 1967 Six-Day War[4] to Egypt, Syria, and the Palestine Liberation Organization.[5] However, he was assassinated two years later, and the relationship once warm under Faisal, became soured for the second time.

Modern opinions

While Saudis tend to maintain a sympathizing view on Palestinians, Palestinians view Saudi Arabia unfavorably, owning by the fact the Saudi Arabia was accused to be working with Israel against its people, distrust of Saudi officials and its political approaches deemed to be anti-Palestinian.[6]

Mohammed Bin Salman, Saudi Crown Prince, reportedly stated in 2018 that "Palestinians should accept peace or 'shut up and stop complaining'", which prompted protests from Palestinians over his remark.[7] However, Saudi King Salman once again attempted to confirm their support to Palestine in an meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.[8]

See also

References
  1. "سفارة دولة فلسطين – المملكة العربية السعودية". وزارة الخارجية الفلسطينية (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  2. http://theconversation.com/saudi-arabia-and-the-israel-palestine-conflict-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-98129
  3. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/faisal-bin-abdul-aziz
  4. "King Faisal: Oil, Wealth and Power", TIME Magazine, 7 April 1975.
  5. "TIME Magazine -- U.S. Edition -- 10 March 2014 Vol. 183 No. 9". time.com. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  6. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/palestinians-watching-saudi-arabia-closely-171231125232104.html
  7. https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-crown-prince-told-palestinians-to-shut-up-and-stop-complaining-2018-4
  8. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-king-reassures-arab-allies-over-support-palestinians-report


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