How a US-Saudi Defence Pact Could End the War in Gaza

There's lots of speculation about a potential defence pact between the US and Saudi Arabia that could lead to a normalisation between Israel and the Saudis. So in this video, we'll explain this prospective deal and what it might mean for the Middle East.

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[IK_MK]

Remember that Armenia and Azerbaijan were once in the same defence pact

Didn't make them friends

[nourismail]

Isn’t it kinda too late to be talking about convincing Israel to “wind down” its attacks on Gaza ?

[mrmr]

I wouldn't trust MBS with nuclear assistance anymore than Iran.

[InfinteIdeas]

"If you have a problem you need to solve, make it bigger." - summarizing Dwight Eisenhower

[bourbon]

I'm literally about to eat breakfast and this was uploaded at the perfect time.

[prohacker]

06:13 That's no Strategic Alliance, that's a coalition for a huge middle eastern war.

[mappingshaman]

America: we stand for democracy and freedom!
Also america: saudi arabia is our second greatest middle eastern ally

[paulmurray]

The harder the US tries to disengage from the Middle East, the more entangled it seems to become.

[Eltener]

I think it's super weird that you didn't speak at all about the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement which had been progressing well and while hasn't progressed much since Gaza war started, hasn't gone backwards either.

[alexanderclaylavin]

you should never take John Foster Dulles' colde war era claims at face value

[bwhog]

The core of the Abraham Accords was showing that the Palestinians were not the linch pin for Middle Eastern peace but, in fact, the main obstacle. To require acceptance of a two-state solution removes that and removes the whole impetus for normalization of relations with Israel.

[מ.מ-הד]

5:53
That is completely false. Israel had bad to hostile relations with US in the 50's... History Matters made a short video about the collapse of METO. I recommend it to everyone.

[Storming]

It's a extermely optimistic to believe this might happen.

[bababababababa]

As if any of this will stop Israel from doing what they want 😂

[asha]

The alliance between Pakistan, iran Iraq, Turkey and the uk was better known by its acronym CENTO or central treaty organization

[bozokluoglu_]

It takes only one coup detat to bring down such alliances as history previously has shown to us

[Sunopeek]

"Every time anyone says that Israel is our only friend in the Middle East, I can't help but think that before Israel, we had no enemies in the Middle East."

[Galictic]

I don't understand how Americans voters don't see how insane it is to get into a defense pact with Saud Arabia just to appease Israel.
Our politicians act like we're a colony of Israel and no one even blinks. It stuns me how people can keep voting these politicians back in.

[nicholaskelly]

If you think about it.
What would you have if you were to combine the following ingredients.
1) Egyptian Manpower.
2) Israel Technical Skills.
3) Saudi Arabian Finance.

[Sunopeek]

Reminder that this will never happen unless Israel benefits 30 times from the US, whatever Saudi Arabia gets.

Saudi Arabia offers a lot to the US. The US in return offers back a lot. Israel will then ask for handouts in return or they'll veto the deal in the US Congress.

Welcome to the Middle East.