‘No Palestinian state, no normalization': Prince Turki Al-Faisal on Saudi-Israel relations
Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki Al-Faisal joins CounterPoints for a special interview. He shares his hopes for the upcoming Saudi–French conference, criticizes Netanyahu and 'his criminal gang' as major roadblocks to peace, and asserts that there will be no normalization with Israel until a Palestinian state is established.
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