The Palestinian leadership is composed of “failures” who erred in their harsh rhetoric against Gulf states that chose to normalize with Israel, former Saudi intelligence chief Bandar bin Sultan says in a pre-taped interview with Saudi-owned al-Arabiya TV.
Bin Sultan served as the Saudi ambassador in Washington for over 30 years, as well as in several high-level intelligence positions after his return to Riyadh.
“What I heard from Palestinian leadership in recent days was truly painful to hear. This low level of discourse is not what we expect from officials who seek to gain global support for their cause. It is not surprising that they would use terms such as ‘traitors’ and ‘stabbed in the back,’ because those are their ways of dealing with each other. Their transgression against the Gulf states’ leadership with this reprehensible discourse is unacceptable,” Prince Bandar tells al-Arabiya.
“The Palestinian cause is a just cause, but its advocates are failures. The Israeli cause is unjust, but its advocates are successful. That sums up the events of the last 70 or 75 years,” he says.
The full interview will be shown on al-Arabiya later tonight.
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