Saudi Lobbyist Calls for «Alliance with ‘Israel’»!

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There had been an unprecedented call by a Saudi lobbyist in Washington for a "collaborative alliance" between "Israel" and Saudi Arabia.

Writing last week in the Washington, DC publication The Hill, Salman al-Ansari, founder and president of the Saudi America Public Relations Affairs Committee, invoked history, economics and strategic reasons in support of why the two sides should forge a strong alliance.

The "prevailing political discourse might indicate that it is not only in the interest of both countries to form a collaborative alliance, but in the interest of the greater Middle East and their global allies as well," he wrote.

Ansari's article was published three months after a Saudi delegation of academics and businessmen, led by retired Saudi general Anwar Eshki, openly visited the "Israeli"-occupied territories and met with officials and MKs. There was speculation that the trip reflected a quiet development of discrete ties between the countries, based largely on their common enemy, Iran.

Last month, Palestinians were left wondering, as a Saudi newspaper took Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's side in a dispute with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Eshki wrote that it is not just shared enmity towards Iran that should bring "Israel" and Saudi Arabia together, but also "a mutually beneficial economic partnership."

"When talking about fairly recent history, it is common knowledge that Saudi Arabia and "Israel" have committed to rational and balanced foreign policies over the past 70 years, never seeking any provocative or hostile actions against each other," Ansari continued.

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