Jun.1, 2017
Much has been written about US President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, the Palestinian Authority and Israel, but all of it from the points of view of Israeli and American pundits. This article, in contrast, will center on the Arab – and particularly, the Palestinian Arab – views on his visit.
Two main points in Trump’s words upset a large number of Arab spokespeople. The first was said on his Riyadh stop, to tens of Arab and Islamic heads of state, chief among them Saudi Arabia’s monarch, Suleman ben Abd Al-Aziz.