{"id":44959,"date":"2016-08-02T15:05:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T13:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=44959"},"modified":"2016-08-02T16:01:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T14:01:34","slug":"02-05-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=44959","title":{"rendered":"Hamas asks Saudis to prevent \u2018normalization\u2019 visits to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>Hamas asks Saudis to prevent \u2018normalization\u2019 visits to Israel<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

DOV LIEBER<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Request follows rare visit to the Jewish state by high-profile delegation from the kingdom<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"FormerFormer saudi general Dr. Anwar Eshki (center, in striped tie) and other members of his delegation, meeting with Israeli Knesset members and others during a visit to Israel on July 22, 2016 (via twitter)” title=”Former saudi general Dr. Anwar Eshki (center, in striped tie) and other members of his delegation, meeting with Israeli Knesset members and others during a visit to Israel on July 22, 2016 (via twitter)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Hamas on Sunday asked the Saudi government to prevent \u201cnormalization\u201d visits to Israel, following a recent visit by a Saudi delegation which held talks with Israeli officials and MKs in Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n

Retired Saudi general Anwar Eshki led the delegation of academics and businessmen on an extremely rare visit last week, in a bid to encourage discussion of the Saudi-led peace plan, which would see 57 Arab and Muslim nations normalize ties with Israel after the completion of an agreement with the Palestinians.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement on its website, Hamas, an Islamist terror group that rules the Gaza Strip, called on Saudi Arabia to \u201ctake measures to prevent these normalizing visits that [Israel] uses to undermine the rights of Palestinians and penetrate into the [Muslim] nation in thought and culture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The statement also expressed appreciation for what Hamas described as growing anger in Saudi Arabia over the former general\u2019s visit to Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n

Saudi government permission was likely necessary for Eshki and the delegation of Saudi academics and businessmen to make the visit to Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

While in Jerusalem, Eshki met with Foreign Ministry Director Dore Gold, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj.-Gen. Yoav Mordechai, and several Knesset members from the opposition.<\/span><\/p>\n

The meetings with Gold and Mordechai reportedly did not take place at official Israeli government facilities but at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the Saudi-owned al-Hayat newspaper quoted an unnamed Saudi Foreign Ministry official as saying the rare public engagement \u201cdoes not reflect the views of the Saudi government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia and Israel have no official relations and the kingdom prohibits its citizens from traveling to Israel. It also does not grant visas to Israelis.<\/span><\/p>\n

While Hamas has publicly continued to support Saudi Arabia and expressed hope for friendly relations with the country, the kingdom has continued to keep the Gaza-based group, considered a terror organization by Israel and much of the Western world, at arm\u2019s length.<\/span><\/p>\n

At an anti-Iran rally in Paris earlier this month, Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former intelligence chief and diplomat, claimed that Tehran was using Hamas and other proxy terror groups to \u201ccreate chaos\u201d in the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\n

AFP contributed to this report.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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