The Arab Press Blames Iran Rather Than Israel for Gaza’s Woes
In the Persian Gulf, skepticism of the Palestinian narrative.
August 10, 2022
The Arab Press Blames Iran Rather Than Israel for Gaza’s Woes
In the Persian Gulf, skepticism of the Palestinian narrative.
Following the fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad over the weekend, many journalists and commentators in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia didn’t rush to condemn the Jewish state. Instead, as the translators at the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) note, they criticized the terrorist group for “operating in service of Iranian interests and thus inflicting suffering on the Gaza Strip’s residents.” One Saudi intellectual, Turki al-Hamad, wrote the following on Twitter:
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