Bekas ketua perisik Arab Saudi mengecam kritikan PA terhadap perjanjian UAE-Israel – Middle East Monitor
6 Oktober 2020 jam 1:00 tengah hari
Putera Bandar Bin Sultan [Foto fail]
Bekas ketua agensi perisikan Arab Saudi, Putera Bandar Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz, telah mengecam Pihak Berkuasa Palestin atas kritikannya terhadap kesepakatan normalisasi dengan Israel, dengan mengatakan bahawa pemimpin Palestin selalu “gagal”. Putera itu membuat komennya dalam wawancara dengan saluran berita Saudi, Al-Arabiya yang disiarkan semalam.
Dia menyebut kecaman PA terhadap penandatanganan perjanjian perdamaian UAE baru-baru ini dengan Israel sebagai “pelanggaran” dan “wacana yang tercela”. Putera itu menambahkan: “Sebab Palestin adalah alasan yang adil tetapi penyokongnya adalah kegagalan, dan perjuangan Israel tidak adil tetapi penyokongnya telah terbukti berjaya. Itu merangkum peristiwa 70 atau 75 tahun terakhir. ”
Penyebab kegagalan Palestin, katanya, terletak pada kepemimpinan mereka. “Ada sesuatu yang bersama-sama kepemimpinan Palestin berturut-turut: mereka selalu bertaruh pada pihak yang kalah, dan itu berharga.”
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Setelah normalisasi hubungan UAE dengan Israel pada bulan Ogos, Bahrain mengikuti jejaknya. Ini mendorong banyak orang untuk meramalkan bahawa Negara-negara Teluk lain juga akan menormalkan hubungan dengan negara Zionis.
Namun, Arab Saudi belum melakukannya, dan menegaskan bahawa ia hanya akan mengiktiraf Israel setelah negara Palestin ditubuhkan dan ketika Israel mematuhi jalan penyelesaian dua negara. Akan tetapi, nada suara yang semakin damai dengan Israel dan memuji keputusan UAE untuk menormalkan hubungan. Riyadh juga telah membuka ruang udara Saudi ke pesawat Israel.
Normalisasi hubungan negara-negara Arab dengan Israel telah menimbulkan kebimbangan di kalangan rakyat Palestin bahawa mereka telah meninggalkan sokongan mereka yang lama untuk tujuan Palestin. Kedua-dua puak Palestin, Hamas dan Fatah, menentang perjanjian damai dan melabelkannya sebagai “pengkhianatan”.
Walaupun telah mengutuk Palestin atas perjanjian tersebut, seorang pemimpin perniagaan terkemuka Palestin telah menyatakan harapannya agar UAE dan Bahrain menggunakan hubungan baru mereka dengan Israel untuk membatasi pendudukan wilayah Palestin. Bashar Masri mengatakan bahawa dia ingin melihat perjanjian seperti itu mendorong penghentian pembinaan penempatan haram di Tebing Barat yang diduduki.
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Former Saudi intelligence chief slams PA criticism of UAE-Israel deal – Middle East Monitor
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The former head of Saudi Arabia’s intelligence agency, Prince Bandar Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz, has condemned the Palestinian Authority for its criticism of normalisation deals with Israel, saying that Palestinian leaders have always been “failures”. The prince made his comments in an interview with Saudi news channel Al-Arabiya which was aired yesterday.
He called the PA’s condemnation of the UAE’s recent signing of a peace deal with Israel a “transgression” and a “reprehensible discourse”. The prince added: “The Palestinian cause is a just cause but its advocates are failures, and the Israeli cause is unjust but its advocates have proven to be successful. That sums up the events of the last 70 or 75 years.”
The cause of Palestinians’ lack of success, he stated, lies with their leadership. “There is something that successive Palestinian leaderships historically share in common: they always bet on the losing side, and that comes at a price.”
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Following the UAE’s normalisation of relations with Israel in August, Bahrain followed in its footsteps. This prompted many to predict that other Gulf States will also normalise relations with the Zionist state.
Saudi Arabia has not done so yet, though, and insists that it will only recognise Israel once a Palestinian state is established and when Israel abides by the two-state solution. It has, however, struck an increasingly conciliatory tone with Israel and praised the UAE’s decision to normalise relations. Riyadh has also opened Saudi air space to Israeli aircraft.
The Arab states’ normalisation of ties with Israel has caused concern among Palestinians that they are abandoning their long-time support for the Palestinian cause. Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah both oppose the peace deals and have labelled them as “a betrayal”.
Despite the Palestinians’ condemnation of the deals, a top Palestinian business leader has expressed his hope that the UAE and Bahrain will use their new relations with Israel to limit the occupation of Palestinian territory. Bashar Masri said that he would like to see such deals push for an end to the continued building of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
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Former Saudi intelligence chief slams PA criticism of UAE-Israel deal – Middle East Monitor
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