Saudi Crown Prince: Israelis have right to their own land - Arutz Sheva Staff

by Arutz Sheva Staff

Prince Mohammed bin Salman says Iranian Supreme Leader "makes Hitler look good," says economic ties with Israel possible if peace is reached

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman delivered a harsh rebuke to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei Monday.

Prince Mohammed said in an interview with The Atlantic that Khamenei "makes Hitler look good. Hitler didn’t do what the supreme leader is trying to do. Hitler tried to conquer Europe. … The supreme leader is trying to conquer the world.”

"He believes he owns the world. They are both evil guys. He is the Hitler of the Middle East. In the 1920s and 1930s, no one saw Hitler as a danger. Only a few people. Until it happened. We don’t want to see what happened in Europe happen in the Middle East. We want to stop this through political moves, economic moves, intelligence moves. We want to avoid war," he said.

When asked about his position on the Arab-Israeli conflict, the prince said that “I believe that each people, anywhere, has a right to live in their peaceful nation. I believe the Palestinians and the Israelis have the right to have their own land.”

He stated that Saudi Arabia does not have any problem with Jews, and that "the are a lot of interests we share with Israel." He predicted that Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Sunni Arab world would form open economic ties with Israel if peace would be achieved with the Palestinian Authority.

'You will find a lot of Jews in Saudi Arabia coming from America, coming from Europe. There are no problems between Christian and Muslims and Jews. We have problems like you would find anywhere in the world, among some people. But the normal sort of problems."

The prince's comments illustrate a shift in perceptions of Israel in the Arab world, which for decades has largely refused to recognize Israel's right to exist.


Arutz Sheva Staff

Source: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/243973

Follow Middle East and Terrorism on Twitter

Copyright - Original materials copyright (c) by the authors.