Aziz Alghashian
@AzizAlghashian
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Fellow @projectSEPAD, @CARPObonn, @GulfStatesInst senior NR Fellow @GulfIntlForum. Focusing on Saudi policy towards Israel and MENA IR
Joined April 2018
A saying that comes literally from the heart of the #SaudiArabia desert goes as “the dogs bark - & the [camel] caravan continues” The issue isn’t the barking of Smotrich, for this is expected from the likes. Instead, how deep is this sentiment & why? Educational reform is needed
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich: My statement about Saudi Arabia was certainly not successful, and I regret the offense it caused.
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Deputy Ambassador of the State of Palestine to the #UnitedNations responds to Smotrich’s offensive comments about #Saudi Thank you you for your support Ambassador, @majedbamya 🇵🇸❤️🇸🇦🐪 الله لا يفرقنا
Saudi Arabia has championed Palestinian rights and independent statehood as the key for regional peace, security and prosperity. It is acting for Palestinian self-determination and just and lasting peace. Its leadership in this regard is recognized worldwide. That Israeli
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If #Israeli officials really want to normalize relations with #Saudi, they need to prove that Israeli politicians have undergone educational reform and de radicalization initiatives, to create a more conducive environment of peace and coexistence
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MBS is set to visit Washington DC soon. There will be media interventions from across the Beltway insisting Israeli normalisation is on the table, and they will discount Riyadh's private & public insistence on Palestinian statehood. Smotrich doesn't, and this is his answer.
Israeli ultranationalist minister of finance Smotrich: "If Saudi Arabia is telling us that in return for normalization they want a Palestinian state - we will say: Friends, no thank you, you can continue riding camels on the sand in the Saudi desert"
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The opposition leader in #Israel responding 2 Smotrich’s statements: “To our friends in #KSA and the ME, Smotrich does not represent the state of Israel” I know many in Israel will find Smotrich’s comments anathema - appreciated. Now it’s time 2tackle racism equally & universally
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Masterful diplomacy by Smotrich “If #SaudiArabia tells us that it is normalization in exchange for a Palestinian state, then no thank you..Keep riding your camels” This racism isnt his fault-its an artifact of a negative culture in #Israel thats in dire need of educational reform
💥Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: "If Saudi Arabia wants normalization in exchange for a Palestinian state, no thanks. They can keep riding camels in the desert."
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The #Netanyahu regime isn’t helping both Kushner and Witkoff with the vote to push for annexation in the #Knesset They want #Arab support for security stabilization forces after that vote?!
🚨🇺🇸🇸🇦🇦🇪While Vance met with Netanyahu, President Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to Saudi Arabua and the UAE to try to mobilize support for the next phases of the deal
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As the ink of the signatures of the #Trump plan barely dried up, the #Knesset passes a preliminary reading of a bill for annexing the #WestBank Not only does this give Hamas an excuse not to disarm, but pushes regional actors’ potential security role in #Gaza even further away
אדוני ראש הממשלה, הכנסת אמרה את דברה. העם אמר את דברו. הגיע העת להחלת ריבונות מלאה על כל שטחי יהודה ושומרון - נחלת אבותינו - ולקידום הסכמי שלום תמורת שלום עם שכנינו מתוך עוצמה. 🇮🇱
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Spot on There is going to be a constant wave of “strategic speculation” dropping “hints”and allegations of Saudis being thankful of what Israel did in #Gaza and #Iran. The @netanyahu posse will try to use it to their advantage.
Get ready for weeks of speculative talk about normalization from people who haven't listened to a single thing the Saudi government has said over the past two years
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تم نشر بحثنا بعنوان: "اتجاهات النساء نحو الخصوبة والإنجاب: دراسة وطنية مقطعية في السعودية" يأتي هذا البحث استجابةً لتناقص معدلات الإنجاب في السعودية والعالم، ويهدف إلى استكشاف مواقف النساء السعوديات تجاه الخصوبة والإنجاب والعوامل المرتبطة بها. رابط البحث:
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Goodness sake! People will still assert that it’s only #Palestinians & #Arabs that need to reform their education & work towards a culture of coexistence In a way, a violent culture is unbiased in that anybody can be a part of it In this case, 👇🏽settlers are prime examples of it
HORRIFIC: Israeli settler terrorists attacked a Palestinian woman while she was picking olives in Turmus’ayya, near Ramallah in the West Bank. They beat her repeatedly with a club, knocking her unconscious.
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The peace loving minister of security in #Israel is calling for the full resumption of the war in #Gaza The ceasefire is as solid as water
אני קורא לראש הממשלה להורות לצה"ל על חידוש מלא של הלחימה ברצועה במלוא העוצמה. דמיונות השווא שחמאס יהפוך את עורו, או שאפילו יעמוד בהסכם שעליו הוא חתם, מתבררים כצפוי כמסוכנים לביטחוננו. את ארגון הטרור הנאצי יש להשמיד עד תום - ויפה שעה אחת קודם.
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Really glad to see my two cents on how the threat perception of #Israel in the #Gulf has evolved Bouncing ideas off stellar scholars like @elhamfakhro and @LucianoZaccara with @amwajmedia is not just a pleasure, but such formats are far more needed. Many thanks to @EmilyTasinato
Debate: As 🇮🇷 #Iran grows weaker amid confrontation with 🇮🇱 #Israel, Gulf Arab states face a dilemma—does a weakened Iran make the region safer, or empower an unchecked Israel? @AzizAlghashian, @elhamfakhro & @LucianoZaccara weigh in for @amwajmedia👇 🔗 https://t.co/N79bHedLUE
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Here we go again! Another example of “strategic speculation” around #Saudi-#Israel normalization aims 2 keep the discussion alive in spite of its unlikelihood While the author alludes 2 the difficulty of normalization soon, an aim of such is 2 delink it from the #Palestine issue
The Middle East may be on the brink of a diplomatic shift. Israeli companies are already preparing for new opportunities as regional ties expand. | Opinion https://t.co/owJOKKvDWc
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عافاكم الله رغم التنافس الطبيعي الذي قد يخرج عن حده احيانا - لا ننسا أننا اخوة مبروك لكل من تأهل و "خيرها بغيرها" لمن لا يتأهل خليجنا واحد و الله لا يفرقنا
هذا هو جمهور الامارات العظيم والخلوق ، ولكن للأسف البعض يختار زاوية معينه ليشعل نار الفتنه بين الشعوب ، جمهور الامارات راقي ودائماً ينشر مسك عطر أخلاقه في كل مكان ، وفي هذا المقطع يشكرون قطر على حسن الإستقبال #الإمارات_قطر #قطر_الامارات #منتخب_الإمارات
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#Saudi foreign minister attendance on behalf of Crown Prince Few reasons for this: - it wasn’t clear if #Netanyahu would attend or not, and Saudis certainly are keen to avoid that optics - MBS presence is symbolic and political capital that won’t be used willy-nilly
نيابةً عن سمو #ولي_العهد.. سمو وزير الخارجية يصل إلى مصر لترؤس وفد المملكة المشارك في قمة شرم الشيخ للسلام التي ستشهد توقيع اتفاق إنهاء الحرب في قطاع #غزة.
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