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War, Peace and Politics - The Royal Family and Palestine (Part III)

By Senior Analyst Talal Kapoor

While each Saudi monarch has had a unique role in Arab-Israeli relations, King Faysal can be singled out for the legacy of his confrontation with the West over the issue of Palestine. His reign, coinciding with a series of upheavals in the region, spanned the Saudi transition from a defensive stand against pan-Arab nationalism to prioritizing support for Palestinian statehood as the main foreign policy objective of the Kingdom.

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