Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud reportedly gave 1,000 Palestinian relations a free journey to terrorists to participate in a pilgrimage to Mecca.
As a part of US President Donald Trump’s “Abraham Accord,” there was lengthy been hypothesis about Saudi Arabia’s normalization of relations with Israel. But the brand new reward by the Saudi king to “honor” the Palestinian terrorist households reveals that Saudi Arabian leaders haven’t refused Palestinian terrorist assaults, nor have they rejected the terrorists who’ve killed Israeli civilians.
PA Chair Mahmoud Abbas himself mentioned, “I thanked Saudi Arabia and its beneficiant grants, and this 12 months for the beneficiant grants which were supplied to 1,000 Palestinian pilgrims from households of martyrs, prisoners and injured.” [Official PA TV News, June 9, 2025]. The relations of “martyrs, prisoners, wounded” imply useless, imprisoned and injured terrorists, flew to Mecca for a pilgrimage to Mecca by Saudi King Salman bin Abdullaziz al-Saud.
This gesture constitutes an indication of “loyalty” to terrorists and a dedication to “steady sponsorship and reward” of the household, as famous on official PA tv.
The situation of subsidies for Palestinian terrorist households has turn out to be a significant situation in relations between the US and Palestinians. Saudi Arabia is reportedly contemplating normalizing relations with Israel as a part of its peace deal.
Salman is believed to be extra reluctant to attain peace with Israel than Crown Prince Israel, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, or Crown Prince MBS, who’s looking for elevated openness to Israel and the West.