The U.S. president will be seen smiling with MbS and questions about Khashoggi’s murder, or the murder of other dissidents who were beheaded, will be dismissed in the name of “Arab-Israeli peace.”
THE ANGRY ARAB: Biden in Arabia
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Biden’s visit to Israel poses political risk — as Abu Akleh family demands a meeting
The family of Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian American journalist killed by Israel, wrote to Biden, that the U.S. “has been skulking toward the erasure of any wrongdoing by Israeli forces.”
Biden’s visit to Israel poses political risk — as Abu Akleh family demands a meeting
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In the Middle East, Biden walks in Trump’s footsteps and will repeat his failure
Committing American lives to defend dictatorships is far more scandalous than engaging with MBS.
In the Middle East, Biden walks in Trump’s footsteps and will repeat his failure
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Saudi Arabia flexing its geopolitical oil power
US likely pressing new oil-for-security arrangement while Riyadh talks to China about selling barrels in yuan rather than bucks
Saudi Arabia flexing its geopolitical oil power
US stops asking Saudi Arabia to pump more oil, report says
US stops asking Saudi Arabia to pump more oil, report says
The US-Saudi relationship has long been underpinned by the exchange of US arms and security guarantees for access to Saudi oil. But that relationship has reached a breaking point, officials told The Journal.
MBS is upset with Biden’s refusal to recognise him as the de facto ruler of the kingdom, Biden’s rhetoric on the country’s human-rights record, the US failure to guarantee its security following a string of attacks led by Houthi rebels in Yemen, and the revival of the Iran nuclear deal.
After the administration released an intelligence memo blaming MBS for the murder of Washington Post and MEE columnist Jamal Khashoggi, the White House appointed Defence Minister Lloyd Austin as the point man for MBS, while Biden maintained he would only deal with King Salman. [That’ll show him! Send in the Raytheon salesman!]
Biden has yet to meet MBS – or his father, King Salman – in an official capacity. Now, Saudi officials have told The Journal that not even a state visit would be enough to resolve the tensions.
Regime Change in 1…2…3…🤷🏼♀️
THE ANGRY ARAB: What Arab Media Is Saying About Ukraine
THE ANGRY ARAB: What Arab Media Is Saying About Ukraine
The Gulf regimes feel Putin is more loyal than the U.S., and the mischievous behavior of UAE and Saudi Arabia in the last few weeks is an expression of their frustration with U.S. role in the region. (Riyadh, for instance, is in talks with China to trade some of its oil in yuan, which would deal a blow to the U.S. dollar that is used in 80 percent of world oil sales. Until now, the Saudis have exclusively used the dollar. And Emirati and Saudi leaders have refused to take Biden’s phone calls.)
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The UAE had long planned to become the new Israel in the region, but Qatar may have won that dubious honor. The Russian-Ukrainian war may lead the U.S. to further overlook those regimes’ despotism and atrocities in return for continued acts of loyalty.
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