Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says Israel has 'right' to homeland
Saudi Arabia's de facto leader has explicitly acknowledged Israel's right to its own homeland, a first for a senior official from the kingdom. However, he also made a bizarre comparison between Hitler and Iran's leader.
Israel has a "right" to a homeland alongside the Palestinians, Saudi Arabia's influential crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, said on Monday in an interview with US magazine The Atlantic.
Asked whether the "Jewish people have a right to a nation-state in at least part of their ancestral homeland," bin Salman said: "I believe the Palestinians and the Israelis have the right to have their own land."
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Bizarrely, Salman went on to compare Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to German dictator Adolf Hitler, going so far as to say Khamenei was worse.
"I believe that the Iranian supreme leader makes Hitler look good," said bin Salman. "Really?" the interviewer exclaimed, before allowing bin Salman to continue.
"Hitler tried to conquer Europe. This is bad," said bin Salman. He added: "The supreme leader is trying to conquer the world. He believes he owns the world. They are both evil guys. He is the Hitler of the Middle East."
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