Phobia: The Saudi Throne Loss and Complicity in the Occupation of Palestine

The “phobia” of losing the throne within the Saudi royal family knows no bounds, and because of it, the Kingdom became implicated in colluding to occupy Palestine and in a secret alliance with Israel.

The opposition newspaper “Sawt al-Nas” highlighted that the situation in Palestine was not ideal before 1967, but it became more complicated after the Six-Day War, during which the Zionists occupied large swathes of Palestine, Sinai, and the Golan Heights.

The blame for this lies in the distraction of Arab armies with peripheral battles, and more importantly, King Faisal bin Abdulaziz’s suggestion to American advisers to exploit this opportunity. This shifted the focus of these Arab armies from an offensive to a defensive posture and restrained Arab expansionist ambitions.

According to a Saudi royal document published by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and widely circulated amid suspicious Saudi silence, several paragraphs included the idea of proposing Israeli invasion of Gaza, the West Bank, Sinai, and the Golan Heights.

This coincided with the presence of the Egyptian army in Yemen, redirecting the compass of Arab nationalists towards defending their lands rather than expansionist ambitions and completing Arab unity, leading to the fragmentation of Arab unity and supporting the Kurds in Kurdistan-Iraq. This explains the present-day relationship between Iraqi Kurdistan and Israel.

The “phobia” of losing the throne within the Saudi royal family knows no bounds. Saudi Arabia allowed Israeli military supply aircraft to pass through what was then called the royalists in Yemen after a wave of military coups in the Saudi army, especially in the air force sector.

The kingdom thus became almost empty of military aircraft after several Saudi military officers landed in Egypt in support of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Perhaps the speech sent by King Faisal to U.S. President Richard Nixon, which carried a Saudi resolution that included urging Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir to occupy Gaza, Sinai, the Golan Heights, and Palestinian territories with the intention of redirecting Arab armies around Palestine and diverting their attention from the kingdom.

This represents the main reason behind everything happening in Palestine today, without which Gaza, the West Bank, and Palestine in general would not suffer from the blockade, starvation, and displacement.

Later in 1973, a group of workers at the Saudi Aramco company in Baqiq stopped oil production without the knowledge of King Faisal, unlike the rumors that he was the one who did it. He then ordered the arrest of all Saudi workers and executed some and released others with the intervention of a judge from Baqiq, son of Suleiman.

But the story does not end here. It revolves around Kamal Adham’s proposal to King Faisal to instruct Ali and Othman Hafez to promote in the press that the king cut off oil to gain popular favor, and to fear of causing a revolutionary reaction if the people knew that it was not the royal will.

The consequences of this were to stop hiring Saudis and replace them with Asian labor to ensure compliance with the royal wishes, followed by the employment of foreign labor in various professional sectors and the removal of national hands from these jobs according to the book (Sons of the Unknown).

Then U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger returned to meet King Faisal again and requested a reconsideration of resuming oil exports as they were fighting a war in Vietnam. This meeting led to the Petrodollar agreement and fixed the exchange rate for the Saudi currency.

Therefore, Saudi Arabia today must bear the consequences of its policy towards Palestine and correct its course, because in any case, the Palestinian people will not remain besieged and helpless forever. Instead of ignoring the crisis that may erupt again without knowing its consequences, the Kingdom must achieve justice and stability for the Palestinian people.