Thursday, April 11, 2013

Saudi Arabia was never against the existence of Israel

From Joseph:  "I just found this in Wikileaks' Public Library of US Diplomacy; it's a conversation between King Faisal and an unnamed diplomat from the US interests section in Cairo:

I NOTED THAT THE USG IS ON RECORD THAT ANY SETTLE-MENT MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE LEGITIMATE ASPIRATIONS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. THIS DOES NOT , HOWEVER, MEAN THAT WE REGARD ELIMINATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL AS A LEGITIMATE ASPIRATION. ADHAM SAID "OF COURSE NOT--NEITHER DO WE."