Don’t Expect a Saudi Ambassador to Jerusalem Any Time Soon
Nonetheless, there are signs of hope.
November 27, 2017
Nonetheless, there are signs of hope.
Last week, two of Saudi Arabia’s former government ministers—one now the secretary general of the Muslim World League and the other Riyadh’s ambassador to France—visited a Parisian synagogue. In October, a Saudi prince participated in a public discussion of Middle East politics with a former Mossad director at a New York synagogue. Elliott Abrams, noting that such things can’t occur without official approval, sees them as positive signs of change within Saudi Arabia but cautions against reading too much into them:
Nonetheless, there are signs of hope.
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Last week, two of Saudi Arabia’s former government ministers—one now the secretary general of the Muslim World League and the other Riyadh’s ambassador to France—visited a Parisian synagogue. In October, a Saudi prince participated in a public discussion of Middle East politics with a former Mossad director at a New York synagogue. Elliott Abrams, noting that such things can’t occur without official approval, sees them as positive signs of change within Saudi Arabia but cautions against reading too much into them:
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