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A Saudi View of the Gaza War
(Ha'aretz) Zvi Bar'el - An article published Monday in the Saudi daily Okaz by Saudi journalist Mohammed al-Saeed is titled: "In the End, Gaza Is Dead; Long Live Sinwar," referring to Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar. He wrote that when a ceasefire deal is signed, "Ismail Haniyeh, Khaled Mashal and Moussa Abu Marzouk will emerge from their hotels and declare divine victory," referring to Hamas' leadership outside of Gaza. "And Sinwar will emerge from the hole he's been hiding in, carried on the shoulders of his associates, who will protect him from the fury of Gaza's residents, the ones who lost their loved ones, their homes and secure lives due to Sinwar's October 7 whim." "In the Muslim Brotherhood's dictionary and in the lexicon of the 'axis of resistance,' defeat is victory, disappointment is joy, the shattered bodies strewn on Gaza's streets are a bridge toward solving the Palestinian problem." The newspaper is closely associated with the Saudi royal court. The longstanding mutual loathing between the Saudi leadership and the Muslim Brotherhood in general and Hamas in particular is an open secret.