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\u003cp\u003eIn an interview to \u003ca href=\u0022https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/mohammed-bin-salman-iran-israel/557036/\u0022\u003e\u003cem style=\u0022background: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;\u0022\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c/em\u003e magazine\u003c/a\u003e in April 2018, Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed Ben Salman (MBS) declared that Israel has the “right” to its own land alongside the Palestinians and that “there are a lot of interests we share with Israel and if there is peace, there would be a lot of interest between Israel and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries”. This declaration has been considered as a major shift in Saudi Arabia’s diplomacy and the evidence of an assumed rapprochement with Israel.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, at the same time, the King pledged $200 000 000 aid to the Palestinians and the supervisor general of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center stated that \u003ca href=\u0022http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/535741/World/Mena/Saudi-Arabia-provided-%246bn-in-aid-to-Palestinians-since-2000\u0022\u003ethe Kingdom has provided the Palestinians with aid worth $6 billion since 2000\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder fire for its military operations in Yemen and its lack of support to the Palestinian cause, Saudi Arabia has tried to portray itself as one of the world’s leading supporters of global humanitarian aid and development, especially to the Palestinians. But despite this generous assistance, the Saudi leadership is conducting an ambivalent strategy towards the Israel-Palestine conflict, reflecting the dichotomy at the head of the Saudi State. While the King is seeking to preserve the traditional pro-Palestinian stance of the Kingdom, the Crown Prince is promoting a more pragmatic and reformist vision. Between the legitimist stance of the father and the hazardous ambitions of the son, Saudi Arabia is playing a risky and ambiguous game with the Palestinians.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead the full article in \u003cem\u003e\u003ca rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 href=\u0022https://theconversation.com/saudi-arabia-and-the-israel-palestine-conflict-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-98129\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003eThe Conversation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","className":"richtext reading--content font-secondary"}), document.getElementById("react_GfekceVzUa0rfnoj0sldw"))});
\u003cspan style=\"background: white; color: #383838;\"\u003eSaudi Arabia’s ambivalent strategy towards the Israel–Palestine conflict is symptomatic of a risky dichotomy at the head of the Saudi state, writes Elisabeth Marteu.\u003c/span\u003e
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