Pakistan’s Precedent-Setting Role in Today’s Nuclear Problems, and Israel’s Attempts to Counter It
Washington tolerated Islamabad’s nuclear ambitions in exchange for nonexistent counterterrorism support.
March 8, 2022
Dissecting a recent interview.
On Thursday, the Atlantic published excerpts from a lengthy interview with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (commonly known as MBS). According to the transcript published by the Saudi Press Agency, the crown prince stated that “We don’t look at Israel as an enemy. We look to it as a potential ally, with many interests that we can pursue together.” Nonetheless, he seemed to insist that the Israel-Palestinian conflict would have to be resolved before that could happen. Yoni Ben Menachem analyzes MBS’s comments about Israel and about Iran, and seeks to put them in context:
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Login or SubscribeWashington tolerated Islamabad’s nuclear ambitions in exchange for nonexistent counterterrorism support.
The immigrants of this wave will be assisted by those who came in the last one.
Dissecting a recent interview.
Babylonian Jews in talmudic times used the bowls to trap demons.
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