Tikvah
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September 8, 2020

Palestinian Leaders Have Prevented Peace to Maintain the Flow of Aid Money

A Saudi journalist sees the “Palestinian issue” having the same fate as the “Andalusian issue.”

“As a human being, as a Muslim, and as an Arab,” writes the Saudi journalist Hani al-Dahiri, “I am saddened by the situation” of the Palestinians. But rather than blame Israel for this situation, he points his finger squarely at Palestinian politicians, who have used their positions to enrich themselves with funds from Arab countries, Europe, and the U.S., and who realize that, by creating an independent state, they would lose their claim on foreign largesse. Dahiri adds:

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