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December 20, 2017

Mohammed bin Salman Has Much to Say, but Not about Jerusalem

A sign of change in Saudi Arabia.

In the first week of December—when the Arab world was expected to explode with rage over the American shift in policy regarding Israel’s capital—Robert Satloff was heading a delegation of scholars and policy experts on a visit to Riyadh. He and his colleagues heard speeches and statements by a number of prominent Saudi figures—none of whom, however, commented about the most recent development. Take, for instance, the head of the Muslim World League (MWL):

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