Israel has no oil, and the Palestinians have nothing worth stealing except their land. Iran and Saudi Arabia are much bigger, but they would be no more important in strategic and economic terms than Thailand and South Africa if they weren't jointly sitting on 29% of the world's oil reserves. And the US still cares about Middle Eastern oil, too, even though it no longer imports much itself. America's major ally in the Gulf for 50 years now has been Saudi Arabia. It was the "Abraham accords", which would effectively tie Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United States together in an anti-Iranian alliance -- and entirely ignore the Palestinians.

Source: Bangkok Post June 22, 2024 10:40 UTC