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March 8, 2022

Saudi Arabia’s Leader Declares Israel a “Potential Ally”

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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