Mohammed bin Salman reportedly told Antony Blinken that while he was not concerned about 'the Palestinian issue', the young Saudi population were

According to The Atlantic, Blinken enquired whether the Saudis could tolerate Israel periodically re-entering the territory to strike the besieged Gaza Strip.

“They can come back in six months, a year, but not on the back end of my signing something like this,” Mohammed bin Salman responded.

“Seventy percent of my population is younger than me,” the crown prince explained to Blinken.

“For most of them, they never really knew much about the Palestinian issue. And so they’re being introduced to it for the first time through this conflict. It’s a huge problem. Do I care personally about the Palestinian issue? I don’t, but my people do, so I need to make sure this is meaningful.”

  • foggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    16 minutes ago

    “Man who hacked a journalist to pieces with 0 consequences isn’t bothered by genocide.”

  • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    131·
    3 hours ago

    Ita depressing when a Saudi prince cares more about the will of the people (at least in writing) than almost any US politician.

    • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
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      12 minutes ago

      Eh they know they live in a very precarious perch with a population that young and disenfranchised. It’s classic authoritarian tactics to make a token nod to the masses every now and again

  • MataVatnik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    53·
    5 hours ago

    Monarch (Trust fund baby on steroids) doesn’t give a shit about common people, what a surprise.

  • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
    291·
    5 hours ago

    What a fuckwit. Straight up admits he’s only going with it for the sake of image and doesn’t care about actually making sure this doesn’t happen again soon.

  • Sundial@lemm.eeEnglish
    211·
    5 hours ago

    It’s pretty well known this guy only cares about how many commas are in his net worth. He’s not a moral or good person by any stretch of the imagination.

    • Psychodelic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      So do most people, at least speaking for Americans. Ignoring all other context, at least this guy gives a miniscule shit about what his people think/want. That’s just like basic politics

      I do have to wonder if he thinks he’s in more danger of losing it all than other contemporary government leaders

  • S491@lemmy.worldEnglish
    186·
    4 hours ago

    How far they have fallen. In the 1970s King Faisal was spearheading OPECs embargo over Israel’s unjust invasions and attacks during the 6 days war, and now to see his successors spitting on the Palestinians is just disgusting.