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Three goals related to US foreign policy – security for Israel, peace in the Middle East and a new Middle East alliance against Iran – have come to mark major breakthroughs. And if you have not heard of these successes, it may be because the Main Stream media are so busy attacking President Trump that they have lost interest in foreign reporting.
On 1 November, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomed a delegation of Christian evangelical leaders to his palace in Riyahd. The meeting was positive, with smiles everywhere, which is quite a change, because the Saudis have not always been known for their friendship with Christians.
Moreover, as The Jerusalem Post reported: "During the visit, the delegation also met with the Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs; the Minister of Education; the Minister of Islamic Affairs; the Secretary General of Etidal, the Global Center to Fight Extremist Ideology; and the secretary general of the Muslim League ". In other words, this visit was of great importance and concerned a large part of the Saudi and Islamic hierarchy.
We could also add that this meeting was approved at the highest levels, both in Washington, DC and Jerusalem. As The Washington Post The spokesman for the group was Johnnie Moore, "who also serves as an unofficial White House liaison with a group of well-known conservative evangelicals."
With regard to Israel's involvement, it can be noted that the head of the delegation was the best-selling author, Joel Rosenberg, a Jewish-born Christian born in the United States who now lives in Israel and who is close to Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu. As The Jerusalem Post Netanyahu sees Saudi Arabia as "an important strategic partner in the region".
In other words, it was a high-level trip; it was actually a kind of summit conference, in which the views of three countries – the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia – were amply represented. And yes, the Crown Prince and de facto leader of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman, is this Mohammed Bin Salman, the man accused of complicity in the assassination in Istanbul of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi citizen, supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and Palestinian terrorism – and Washington Post journalist. So yes, Saudi Arabia is still a tough place; nobody ever said that it was a Jeffersonian democracy. Yet what they are saying now is that Saudi Arabia is increasingly tied to Israel and the United States. And it's a big problem.
As Rosenberg said in an exclusive video obtained by CBN News:
We have no illusions about the remaining challenges in Saudi Arabia. But I think it is respectful to listen to the leaders who have the opportunity to improve the lives of Christians and Muslims and, possibly, Israel, and who oppose the Iranian lunatics and the Muslim Brotherhood. I would ask people to pray. Pray for the king (Jordanian). Prayer for the Crown Prince. Pray for the Saudi people. And I think it's the right thing to do.
It therefore seems that everyone concerned has their eyes open. The problem is not that Saudi Arabians will become like the United States or Israel. Instead, the problem is that the Saudis could potentially cement an alliance with the Americans and Israelis. If so, it's a huge development.
After all, not long ago, Saudi Arabia was an implacable enemy of the Jewish state. After all, Arabia is the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and the homeland of the Islamic faith. Indeed, in the past, Saudi Arabia not only used its religious influence to arouse anti-Israel hatred, but also used its oil wealth to finance Arab armies.
Yet all this hostility could change. Why? Two reasons:
First, the Palestinian question has dissipated. It has been seven decades since the Palestinians became refugees during the Israeli War of Independence and, understandably, the memories of this conflict fade away as Palestinians are absorbed by other countries. In addition, once the Trump administration made it clear that it was not interested in the usual approach of endless negotiations over a ghost "two-state solution," the Arabs realized that it was finally time to go forward.
Second, the threat of Iran has focused the minds of the Middle East. Frankly, the Saudis are terrified by Iran. Persians and Arabs are historical rivals, even enemies. In addition, most Arabs, including most of the Saudis, are Sunni Muslims and the Persians, mostly Shia Muslims – and as the United States has learned in Iraq, the split between sectarians is deep. And of course, the current aggressive and belligerent Iranian regime poses a particularly dangerous threat to almost every other country in the region.
So with Iran as a common enemy, Jews and Arabs have come together. But let us also recognize the diplomacy of the Trump administration. In May 2017, the president chose Saudi Arabia as a destination for his first trip abroad. Of course, one of the goals was to sell the $ 110 billion worth of these weapons, but it was now clear that behind the scenes, the geopolitical wheel was spinning.
Of course, MSM and their allies do not appreciate it. Why? As Virgil pointed out last month, in an article titled "The Media, Democrats and Opponents Trying to Defeat Trump's First Saudi Politics in America", the MSM and Democrats are so invested in hatred against Trump that they do not want it. to succeed no matter what, as beneficial to the United States and its allies.
Ok, that's the way #resistance sees the situation – like a bizarre world where bad news is good and good news is bad. Yet for Trump and the Americans, the future in the Middle East is far more promising.
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