Inside the Secret Saudi-Israeli Relationship | Unpacked

On the surface, Israel and Saudi Arabia seem like sworn enemies, but behind closed doors they've secretly collaborated for decades. From covert aid during the Yemeni civil war, to joint efforts against Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War, to Saudi Arabia’s tacit support for the Abraham Accords, their “off-the-record” alliance has deep roots.

Despite public hostilities and the recent tensions surrounding the Gaza War, the mutual need to counter the shared threat of Iran keeps bringing them closer. The Israel-Saudi relationship has long been an open secret. The only question is when it will finally become official.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:32 Saudi involvement in 1948 Israel War of Independence
01:04 Yemeni Civil War
02:30 Khartoum Resolution, the "3 No's"
03:11 Saudi pragmatism
04:42 Failed Saudi proposal for peace
05:55 The Gulf War anti-Sadam coalition
07:27 The Madrid Peace Conference
08:09 2nd failed Saudi proposal for peace
08:36 Anti-Iran coalition
09:50 The 2020 Abraham Accords
10:33 Movement towards Saudi-Israeli normalization
10:58 Gaza War condemnations
11:42 Defending Israel against Iran attack
12:07 Is a Saudi-Israeli alliance on the horizon?

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Image and footage credits:
Daud Kim
© IWM WPN 199, WPN 248, UNY 153
Dan Hadani Collection, The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, The National Library of Israel
Israeli Government Press Office, Amos ben Gershom, Yaakov Saar
The Keren Maor Foundation
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Executive Producer:
— Barry Skolnick
Co-Executive Producer:
— Shmuel Katz
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[FishareFriendsNotFood]

6:57 "Countries have interests, not friends." Very true and succinct way to frame this

[SuperSupersoda]

October 7th brought the relationship closer, not farther apart, it just can't be publicly acknowledged. When Iran retaliated against Israel recently, Saudi Arabia openly admitted to the media that it helped Israel shoot down the attack. That admission would have been unthinkable before October 7th.

[البلويالبلوي-يح]

As a Saudi citizen I hope peace comes to the Middle East as soon as possible.

[CrystalConcentrics]

I’ve been waiting for exactly this video’s review of this significant and hopefully improving relationship.

[Lynnie]

The Arabs and the Jews are Brothers, they share a Father Abraham. Deep down they know it, the bond is sacred.

[sanusijamiu]

First time of watching your documentary, I am impressed, good job 👏👏👍

[linguist]

Interfaith dialogue, not money, is what moved the nations to work together, not only "money".

[gazstaf]

Thank you for such a concise summary. I hope that the Abraham accords can get traction and the moderates in the Middle East can benefit from them.

[annehersey]

Don’t forget, Israel and Egypt and Jordan have had Peace for quite awhile!

[lucyebajo]

We can't avoid that the two countries Israel and Saudi Arabia is a country of Abraham son's.Different culture and religion but same blood.

[TonyfromTO]

Everyone who isn't mush brained should understand frenemies and realpolitik. Geographical determinism cannot be avoided, internationalism is frivolous, countries need to work with their neighbours, not just rely on far away aide that never gets there.

[ProudTurkroach]

Saudi is a part of IMEC (India-middle east-Europe corridor)

Connecting India to Greece and Israel is involved in it

[wangsunfuh]

On the surface, Israel and the US are friends but on June 8 1967, a United States Navy Ship, the USS Liberty . . .

[bge]

I just stubbled on your channel today. Listening to your narrative was so inspiring and information. Good job man. Keep it up. I enjoyed every bit of the videos I watched. Kudos.

[Jonathan-wzcc]

Amazing, as an Israeli I learned a lot of things I didn't know

[adamredwine]

Excellent as always. Thank you for educating us all.

[musasani]

Getting information from both sides will help not make you an enemy or friend by default. Its a freedom.

[Adonishellas]

You know, Saudi Arabia have so much power and authority in the middle East in which if they want, they can give back the lands of Phoenicia, Canaan, Judea, Samria, Reuban, Gad, Manasseh and Aram back to Israel.

The Ancient Greeks initially had the land of Canaan and Phoenicia (now modern Lebanon and some parts of Syria). As part of the deal, the Greeks gave the land of both Phoenicia and Canaan to the Israelites before those Mongols savagely took the areas of Mesopotamia, Near East, Persia, Constantinople and the Levant to be part of their Empire.

So the land of Canaan and Phoenicia traditionally belongs to Israel whether them Lebos like it or not!

[AhmedKhan-wjlo]

It's a friendship of wolf and goat

[BorshaHaider]

Americans, There was a time, they all had a good relationship with Israel but no more!