The long-awaited news has finally surfaced in the global media that Saudi Arabia has suspended talks on potentially normalising ties with Israel, amid heightened hostility between the Jewish Army and the Palestinian resistance groups, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad. Saudi Arabia has decided to pause discussion on possible normalisation and the Kingdom’s Foreign Ministry has criticized Israel and denounced the displacement of Palestinians within Gaza and Israeli military attacks on civilians. The Saudi government has used tough language against their newly discovered friend and long-held foe since the war broke out in Palestine. Riyadh reaffirmed its categorical rejection of calls for the forced displacement of the Palestinian people from Gaza, and its condemnation of the continued Israeli invasion against defenceless civilians in the Palestinian coastal enclave which is encircled by Israeli territory from all around.
Historically, the Ale-Saud and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia once again fell prey to American diplomacy and set the stage for the normalization of its diplomatic and trade ties with the worst enemy of Islam, Muslims and the Arabs in this world. The Saudi leadership failed to assess its worth and strategic importance in the Muslim world and was ready to get prepared to auction its nation on a very low bid, just for the provision of civil nuclear energy along with US security guarantees that had never been upheld by the Americans throughout the past. The shortsighted Saudis forgot about the US’s anti-KSA policies, Biden’s calls for a Pariah state and the retrieval of a US missile defence shield amid Houthis airstrikes against the Kingdom. Historically, the Saudi Arabian government has largely abandoned the legacies of their grandfathers and Saudi Arabia’s leading role in the Muslim world being the guardian of two holy Muslim sites in Makkah and Madina. In fact, Saudi Arabia’s softness for the Jewish state and journey toward normalization of relations with Israel has sharply declined its reputation and public rating among Muslims around the globe, while Riyadh’s slackness in echoing voice against Israeli atrocities and warcrimes against innocent civilians in Gaza and lack of support for Palestinians has further eroded its role at the global level. In fact, Saudi Arabia will prosper and will be strong enough until Riyadh does not get entrapped by the Western alliance. As the Jewish Embassy sits in Riyadh, no one would be able to defuse another Arab Spring and political uprising against Al-Saud. So, the KSA must demonstrate vigour and political wisdom by continuing its leading role without showing weakness against the staunch enemy. Civilian nuclear energy is currently for sale in the world and 1.5 billion Muslims are always ready to defend their sacred land.
