Saudis Say Iran Instigated Gaza War to Sabotage Israel Normalization

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Saudis: Iran Instigated Gaza War to Sabotage Israel Normalization

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By Jewish News Syndicate, 15 April 2024 07:46 AM EDT

Saudi Arabia has accused Iran of instigating the conflict in Gaza to undermine progress in reaching a normalization agreement between Riyadh and Jerusalem.

In an interview with Israeli public broadcaster Kan News on Sunday, a source from the royal family also said that Tehran promotes terrorism and suggested that Riyadh played a role in thwarting Saturday night’s drone and missile attack against Israel by the Islamic Republic and its proxies.

Notably, a recap of the interview is published prominently on the House of Saud website, which covers the royal family.

“Iran is a nation that endorses terrorism, and the world should have curtailed it much earlier,” the Saudi royal said.

In its first-ever direct attack on the Jewish state, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles on Saturday night, with the vast majority of them intercepted by Israel and allied militaries. The Kan interview appears to be the first Saudi acknowledgment that it helped fend off the attack, along with the United States, United Kingdom, Jordan and France.

The Iranian attack was in response to an alleged Israeli airstrike in Damascus earlier this month that killed a top Quds Force commander.

In what the article describes as a “subtle” acknowledgment, the source told Kan News that the Saudi air defenses automatically intercept “any suspicious entity” that enters its airspace, which could be a reference to attacks from Iran’s terror proxy the Houthis in Yemen.

“We confront every suspicious object that enters Saudi airspace. This is a matter of sovereignty,” the source said.

The Saudis also shared intelligence with the United States and Israel to help counter the Iranian attack, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal published on Monday. The Emiratis, who forged diplomatic ties with Jerusalem in 2020 as part of the Abraham Accords, also shared intelligence, U.S. and Israeli officials told the Journal.

Arab governments were initially cautious about giving the information due to fears about directly involving themselves in the conflict and opening themselves up to Iranian reprisals. However, according to the report, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi decided to move forward after talks with the Americans.

Amman also agreed to allow the Americans and other countries to fly warplanes through its airspace to intercept Iranian missiles and drones and that the Jordanians themselves would assist in shooting them down, the sources said.

“Two days before the attack, Iranian officials briefed counterparts from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries on the outlines and timing of their plan for the large-scale strikes on Israel so that those countries could safeguard airspace, the officials said. The information was passed along to the U.S., giving Washington and Israel crucial advance warning,” according to the Journal article.

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Zeus
Zeus
16 days ago

I don’t trust the Saudis any more than I trust the Iranians.

The Iranians would love to see Israel and the Saudis in ruins.

The Saudis would love to see Israel and Iran in ruins.

Another enemy hiding in plain sight, dressed up as a friend, wants to see Islam, Isreal, the USA, Russia, China, and every other soverign authority in ruins.

All Muslims support terror because it is a part of Islamic doctrine. The Arab Muslims push more jihad focused on migration, to conquer by population growth and slow subjugation. That slow subjugation includes the use of intimidation and terror. Mo was bipolar so Islam is bipolar.

garry pollackD
garry pollack
15 days ago

If Israel was “genociding” moose-limbs the Saudis wud not B backing Israel against Iran…It’s just ure “normal” war…case closed!

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
15 days ago

A P.S., the would would be safer if Iran’s theocracy falls.

Patrick Kelley
Patrick Kelley
15 days ago

Normalization is a pipe dream when dealing with any Muslim country. How do you differentiate between evil and truth? Muslim’s lie, deceive and subvert, to further Islam. Why would Saudi Arabia invest $80 billion in America (Trump: feel free to invest in America) to build mosques, if furthering Islam is not a goal?

Israel beware! Trump beware! I’m voting for Trump😘

fir
fir
12 days ago

It’s the party of rats MO their SOP. to blame their opponents for precisely what they are guilty of.Its called PROJECTION –

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