#SaudiArabia: MBS driving the Middle East to change profoundly.. Jonathan Schanzer

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🗓️ 16 August 2023

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#SaudiArabia: MBS driving the Middle East to change profoundly.. Jonathan Schanzer
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/world/middleeast/saudi-envoy-palestinians.html

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0:00.0	This is CBS Eye on the World with John Bacheler.
0:10.1	Here's John Bacheler.
0:12.4	The headline is surprising.
0:14.8	Riyadh appoints envoy to Palestinians amid push for Saudi-Israeli ties.
0:20.0	That's right.
0:21.0	Palestinians, Israelis, and the Saudi Arabians, especially one, the Crown Prince Mohammed
0:27.8	bin Salman.
0:28.8	The subhead, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said its ambassador to Jordan would jointly serve
0:33.3	as an envoy to the Palestinians.
0:35.4	A welcome Jonathan Schenser of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy to help me
0:40.0	sort out this complicated headline.
0:43.2	Jonathan, as I understand it, Saudi Arabia has always had its ambassador in Jordan.
0:50.0	Have a portfolio of the Palestinians, but this is a much bigger announcement from the headline
0:55.0	in the Times.
0:56.0	Why, why now, what does it mean about Saudi Arabia and Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Israel?
1:02.8	Good evening to you.
1:03.8	Good evening, John.
1:05.4	Yes, this is the announcement by the ambassador's knife and bendar al-Soudari.
1:11.6	He is now being called the non-resident ambassador to the state of Palestine, which is how the
1:16.9	Palestinians prefer to be recognized at the UN.
1:21.4	Of course, this is not a UN-recognized country.
1:24.1	It's not the 194th country at the UN.
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