Saudis Want Their Nukes, US Wants Another 'Peace' Deal
While Al-Monitor highlights Saudi Arabia's demands for a civilian nuclear program (with US assistance, naturally) and a robust defense treaty for normalizing ties with Netanyahu, the glaring omission is Palestine. This isn't a peace deal; it's a consolidation of authoritarian power blocs disguised as one. The 'Trump' factor in the headline is key: the Abraham Accords, brokered by the previous
administration, conveniently sidelined any pretense of Palestinian self-determination in favor of transactional alliances and arms deals. Washington and Riyadh are now debating the fine print for a 'civilian' nuclear program, presumably to be used to boil Saudi tea, not build bombs. (Insert laugh track here). The media frames these negotiations as critical for 'regional stability' when,
historically, similar pacts (see: Camp David Accords, Oslo) have repeatedly failed to address the root causes of conflict while emboldening Israeli expansionism. MBS wants strategic assurances and nuclear toys; Netanyahu wants to further entrench the occupation without pesky Palestinian input. And the US? It wants to sell more weapons and secure its geopolitical chess pieces. How many 'peace'
proposals must ignore the occupied before we call it what it is: a cynical power play?