Not only was there no Saudi pressure, but the final communiqué of the Riyadh summit did not mention Palestine. And if the Saudis weren’t willing even to pay lip service to the Palestinian state, perhaps they are the ones who need to be pressured, before Trump or Netanyahu. And if that’s the case, then why should Trump, even if he were an agent of Hamas, not only of Russia, make an effort to end the occupation? [...]
Until the Arab Spring erupted six years ago, Arab regimes used the Palestinian issue to avoid their social, economic and political obligations to their own people. After the Arab Spring, all shame disappeared, and even empty slogans about Palestinian rights evaporated from the manifestos of these regimes. [...]
If the Israeli occupation were really a problem for the Saudis, it would have ended long ago. It would have been enough to withdraw a few hundred billion dollars now padding the vaults of American banks, or to stop the journey of one oil tanker to an American or European port, and the occupation would be history.
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