Diplomat in Riyadh: The decision on the Middle East issue is taken by King Salman and not by his crown prince

Diplomat in Riyadh: The decision on the Middle East issue is taken by King Salman and not by his crown prince
Diplomatic sources confirmed that the King of Saudi Arabia, King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, is the one who takes decisions in the country on the Middle East issue and gave special guarantees to support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
A senior Arab diplomat in Riyadh told Reuters on Sunday that "the king in Saudi Arabia is the one who takes decisions, not the crown prince," Prince Mohammed bin Salman. "The United States fault that it believed that one country could pressure the other countries to surrender, But it is not about pressure, no Arab leader has to give up Jerusalem or the Palestinians. "
"The problem is the lack of a cohesive plan for all countries," the diplomat said, commenting on the "Deal of the Century" initiative presented by the Bush administration, Donald Trump, led by his brother-in-law and adviser Jared Kouchner. "Nobody knows what is being done Show it to others ".
The Arab diplomat pointed out that "there is no good momentum and Kouchner did not offer anything acceptable to any Arab country," noting that the adviser to the US president "thinks that a genie carries a magic wand will come a new solution to the problem."
Meanwhile, the Palestinian ambassador to Riyadh confirmed on behalf of the Aga that King Salman had expressed support for the Palestinians in a recent meeting with Abbas, saying he would not abandon the Palestinian cause and accept what they accept and reject what they reject.
Palestinian officials told Reuters in December 2017, with the United States acknowledging Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, that Prince Mohammed bin Salman had pressed Abbas to support the US plan, despite fears that it would give the Palestinians only limited autonomy within unconnected areas of the West Bank Without the right to return to refugees who were displaced from their homes in the 1948 and 1967 wars.
Such a plan contrasts with Saudi Arabia's 2002 Arab peace initiative, during which Arab states offered to normalize relations with Israel in exchange for an agreement on a state for the Palestinians and Israel's full withdrawal from the territories it occupied in the 1967 Middle East war.
Saudi officials later denied any disagreement between King Salman, who has publicly supported the initiative and his crown prince, who later said Israelis had the right to live in peace on their land in a rare statement to an Arab leader.
Source: Reuters