Prince Turkey al-Faisal of Saudi Arabia has strongly criticized Israel at the Bahrain Security Summit held on 6 December 2020.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi joined it online. This development has presented challenges in the way of any further dialogue between Arab countries and Israel.

According to the news agency AP, Israel has been surprised by the strong remarks of Prince Turkey al-Faisal in the Manama Dialogue because the Israeli Foreign Minister did not expect this to happen.

Especially when the Israelis were warmly welcomed by the authorities of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates following agreements that normalized relations.

There has been controversy and conflict between Israel and the Palestinians for decades. The Palestinians think that these agreements are a betrayal of them and are as if their Arab comrades have stabbed them in the back.

Prince Turkey al-Faisal began his talk by describing the notion of 'a nation of Israel's peace-loving and high moral values' as a far more dark Palestinian reality under 'Western colonial power'.

Prince Turkey al-Faisal said that "Israel held the Palestinians in captivity, citing security reasons where the elderly, men and women are rotting in a way without any justice." They are demolishing homes and killing anyone they want.''

Prince Turkey al-Faisal also condemned "Israel's undeclared stockpile of nuclear weapons and the Israeli government's attempts to weaken Saudi Arabia".

Prince Turkey al-Faisal reiterated Saudi Arabia's official stand that the solution to the problem lies in implementing the 'Arab Peace Initiative'.

In the Saudi Arabia-sponsored 'Arab Peace Initiative' agreement in 2002, in 1967, in exchange for all kinds of relations with Arab countries of Israel, the territory occupied by Israel was sought to be given the status of Palestinian country.

He said, "You cannot cure open wound with painkillers".

Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said immediately after the talk by Prince Turkey al-Faisal, "I would like to express my regret on the remarks of the Saudi delegates." I don't think that the words and changes that are happening in his words are seen in the Middle East.''

Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi reiterated the Israeli stand, saying that "Palestinians are responsible for the lack of a peace settlement". We have a choice about the Palestinians whether we solve it or not or just keep on accusing them.''

Dor Gould, a former ambassador to the United Nations and Netanyahu's close-knit Dorn Gould, who was watching the Bahrain Security Summit, said on the remarks of Prince Turkey al-Faisal that many false allegations have been made in the past.

Prince Turki al-Faisal also attacked them.

Saudi vs israel

Saudi Arabia has historically been critical of the treatment of Israel and its Palestinians, and the Arab media has been dismissing Israel as a 'Jewish country'.

In the remote and rural areas of Saudi Arabia, people have seen not only Israel but all the Jewish people as their enemies.

However, many misleading theories about Jews no longer appear. One reason for this is that Saudi people spend a lot of time on the Internet and because of this, they are very aware of the things going on in the world.

Despite this, there is still a doubt about outsiders in a section of the Saudi population. Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries have a bizarre history of relations with Palestine.

The Gulf countries have generally been supportive of the Palestinian issue. For decades, they have been helping Palestine politically and financially. However, when Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat supported Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's invasion and occupation of Kuwait in 1990, he found it a major fraud.

After Operation Desert Storm, led by the United States and independent in 1991, Kuwait drove out the entire population of Palestinians present in its place and was replaced by thousands of Egyptians.

The old rulers of this region have taken a long time to forget the deception of Arafat.

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