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THE FALSE SEVEN YEAR COVENANT UPDATE: HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO A ‘HISTORIC’ US-SAUDI DEAL? SAUDI ARABIA AGREEING TO NORMALIZE TIES WITH ISRAEL IN EXCHANGE FOR CLOSER US INTEGRATION AND RECOGNITION OF A PALESTINIAN STATE, COULD BE JUST WEEKS AWAY.
Updated 03 June 2024 ARAB NEWS June 02, 202419:26
DUBAI: Michael Ratney, the US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, has said that A “HISTORIC” SECURITY DEAL CURRENTLY UNDER NEGOTIATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES HAS THE POTENTIAL TO FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF THE MIDDLE EAST FOR THE BETTER.
Appearing on the Arab News current-affairs show “Frankly Speaking,” Ratney was optimistic the deal would both clarify and cement the decades-old relationship — BASED AT PRESENT ON VERBAL AGREEMENTS — BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND THE US. “WE OVERUSE THAT WORD ‘HISTORIC’ BUT IT WOULD BE A HISTORIC AGREEMENT AND IT COULD FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE IN THE MIDDLE EAST FOR THE BETTER,” he said.
“POLITICAL COOPERATION, SECURITY COOPERATION, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION.”
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently said the deal, which WOULD SEE SAUDI ARABIA AGREEING TO NORMALIZE TIES WITH ISRAEL IN EXCHANGE FOR CLOSER US INTEGRATION AND RECOGNITION OF A PALESTINIAN STATE, COULD BE JUST WEEKS AWAY.
Despite the mutual enthusiasm for the deal, RATNEY WOULD NOT BE DRAWN ON THE EXACT TIMELINE FOR ITS CONCLUSION, WARNING THERE WERE MANY MOVING PARTS, IN PARTICULAR THE WILLINGNESS OF ISRAEL TO HOLD UP ITS END OF THE BARGAIN.
“I DON’T THINK THERE’S ANYBODY INVOLVED IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS THAT WOULDN’T LIKE TO HAVE IT FINISHED TOMORROW,” Ratney told Katie Jensen, the host of “Frankly Speaking.”
“But since all of that is a part of this agreement and these are extraordinarily complex and detailed discussions, I don’t think I could put a timeline for it.
“There are also other elements of it including a US Senate role and obviously the situation in Israel weighs on this as well.
“SO AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS DONE TOMORROW, WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, AS SERIOUSLY AS WE CAN. AND WE’RE GOING TO GET THIS DONE AS SOON AS ALL OF THE PIECES FALL INTO PLACE.”
What makes the deal so significant is that it clearly sets out the parameters of the Saudi-US relationship and safeguards them against the political whims and particularities of future US administrations, lending the partnership a degree of certainty.
“That’s why it’s an agreement that would involve US Senate ratification,” said Ratney. “US SENATE RATIFICATION MEANS IT IS A FORMAL AGREEMENT THAT DOESN’T DEPEND ON A PARTICULAR ADMINISTRATION.
“IT WOULD BE AN ENDURING AGREEMENT NOT BETWEEN AN ADMINISTRATION OR A GOVERNMENT BUT BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES. AND IN THAT, THAT BRINGS CERTAINTY. IT BRINGS CERTAINTY TO US. IT WOULD BRING CERTAINTY TO THE SAUDIS AS WELL.”
Commentators have drawn parallels between the proposed Saudi-US deal and the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the US and Japan, signed in 1960. Asked whether these assessments were accurate, Ratney said he could not go into specifics.
“I’m really reluctant to get into those sorts of details,” he said. “Those are exactly the kinds of things that are subject to negotiations at the highest level of our government and the highest level of the Saudi government.”
HE DID, HOWEVER, SAY THE DEAL WOULD INCLUDE UPGRADES TO THE SECURITY PARTNERSHIP AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS, WHILE ALSO TAKING STEPS TOWARD MEETING SAUDI ARABIA’S DEMAND FOR AN INDEPENDENT PALESTINIAN STATE ALONGSIDE ISRAEL.
“LET’S JUST SAY THIS WOULD BE A HISTORIC AGREEMENT THAT WOULD UPGRADE THE SECURITY PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SAUDI ARABIA. IT WOULD UPGRADE THE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP. IT WOULD BRING ISRAEL AND SAUDI ARABIA ESSENTIALLY INTO THE SAME REGION. AND IT WOULD BRING BENEFITS AND A PATH TO STATEHOOD FOR THE PALESTINIANS.
“So, that’s a lot. It’s a complex set of discussions. And I’m really reluctant to get into the details of things, some of which are still yet to be negotiated.”
The success of the deal hinges to a significant degree on Israel’s cooperation. However, the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, which has two powerful far-right ministers, has been reluctant to give way on Palestinian statehood and end the war in Gaza.
Ratney, who previously served as a diplomat in Israel, said there was much to be gained for the region.
“I WOULD SAY ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED ARE OF EXTRAORDINARY VALUE. THE REAL VALUE IS TAKING IT ALL TOGETHER,” he said.
“ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN UNDER DISCUSSION, ALL OF THE US-SAUDI PIECES AND THE ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN PIECES TAKEN TOGETHER COULD FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF THIS MIDDLE EAST.
“And that is the lens through which we see it and it’s certainly the lens through which the US Senate sees it and they ultimately would have a vote to ratify it.”
However, US lawmakers have been reluctant to pressure Israel to accept a ceasefire in Gaza. Asked whether Washington’s decisions could radicalize a generation of Arab and Muslim youth and create a Hamas 2.0, Ratney said careful diplomacy was required to achieve a lasting peace.
“It’s impossible for anyone who watches these scenes on a daily basis, and it’s certainly impossible for anyone that knows friends and family who have been engulfed in this conflict, not to be moved by it, and not to be motivated to find a solution as soon as possible, to find an end to the violence in Gaza, to find an end to the threats to Israeli security, to find a path to statehood, so that this sort of, for Palestinians, to ensure that this sort of conflict doesn’t resume,” he said.
“The diplomacy involved with that is extraordinarily complex, and there’s areas that we pursue, and there’s positions that we take that sometimes aren’t popular, but they’re based on our sense of the most expeditious, the most effective way of pursuing it.”
Ratney was further challenged by Jensen, who asked him whether the whole world could be wrong on Israel and why the US appears reluctant to listen to its closest allies and apply firmer pressure on its ally.
In response he said: “I think it’s safe to say that both President Biden, Secretary Blinken, all of our senior officials, have been heavily involved. THIS HAS BEEN A MAJOR PREOCCUPATION OF THEIRS SINCE THE OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE ON OCT. 7.
“THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE REGION STEADILY. SECRETARY BLINKEN HAS BEEN HERE SIX TIMES SINCE OCTOBER 7, OUR NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER AS WELL. IN ALMOST EVERY CASE, THAT INVOLVES VISITS TO ISRAEL AS WELL, WHERE THEY HAVE, SOMETIMES, VERY DIFFICULT AND VERY DIRECT CONVERSATIONS.
“We have an important relationship with Israel, we have an important partnership with Israel, and we utilize that relationship and partnership to find a decent end to this conflict.”
Saudi Arabia and the US had differences of opinion on regional issues after the Biden administration took office in 2020. However, after President Biden visited the Kingdom in 2022, the differences have made way for greater convergence of opinions.
Ratney, who has been ambassador to Saudi Arabia for a year, said THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WAS ALREADY BETTER WHEN HE TOOK UP HIS POSTING, AND THAT THERE WAS POTENTIAL FOR EVEN STRONGER TIES.
“When I got here a little over a year ago, the relationship felt like it was in a good place. And I do think that’s the case. And I think over the last year, it has gotten better and better as our partnership has diversified, as we’ve delved into negotiations over a potential historical agreement between our countries.
“So, if I look ahead a year, two years, three years, what I’d like is that trajectory and the speed of that diversification and partnership to continue.”
Ratney said he has been impressed by the pace and scale of change in the Kingdom in recent years, particularly the empowerment of women — least of all the lifting of the ban on women driving.
“Women driving is really the tip of the iceberg,” he said. “The big change, the big innovation — and it has fundamentally changed the face of this country — is the fact that women are involved in every aspect of the economy, in every aspect of society.
“And that’s as simple as me going into meetings with senior government officials and seeing women are full participants in these discussions.
“And they’re not there as symbols. They’re highly educated, in many cases, as well-educated or better educated than their male counterparts, often at US universities. And it’s an extraordinary thing to see.”
TURNING TO AREAS OF COOPERATION AND OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN THE US AND SAUDI ARABIA, RATNEY SAID THERE WAS NOW SCOPE FOR TRADE AND EXCHANGE IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES.
“We work heavily with US companies that become intrigued by this market, to export to this market, to partner with Saudis here and invest here, and we see it in areas like not just healthcare, but infrastructure,” he said.
“Obviously, this country is making huge investments in infrastructure and US companies bring real value there. IN HIGH TECH, SAUDI ARABIA HAS AMBITIONS TO BECOME A HUB FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT.
“THAT IN MANY WAYS IS A US BRAND, AND SO US COMPANIES, WHETHER AMAZON OR GOOGLE OR OTHERS, ARE HERE, ARE INTERESTED, ARE INVOLVED, AND ARE BECOMING PARTNERS WITH SAUDIS IN THOSE EFFORTS.
“In the past, there was never much of a film industry here. Now we see US film and television companies interested in partnering with Saudi’s nascent film industry. That’s just extraordinary as well. So across the whole economy, we see opportunities for the US.”
Some commentators have suggested that the US has lost business to China in the scramble for contracts in the Kingdom, particularly in relation to technology and communications.
“Are there competitors: Europeans, Chinese? Sure,” Ratney said. “But I have to say, where China might bring low price to the table, what the US brings is value and it brings innovation and it brings partnership, in a way that very few competitors can match.”
Another area of future cooperation is the space sector.
“To listen to the Saudi leadership talk about it, I think, quite rightly, a space sector, a commercial space sector, is becoming increasingly a normal part of any big healthy economy,” Ratney said.
“It was Axiom Space, a US company, that put two Saudi astronauts last year to the International Space Station — an air force pilot and a microbiologist. The Saudis clearly have further ambitions there as well, and we want to be a part of that.”
He added: “Space, commercial space in particular, is the future, and it is an extraordinarily lucrative and extraordinarily ambitious future.”
Although he is only a year into his posting as US ambassador to the Kingdom, Ratney is already looking ahead to the legacy he wants to leave.
“As Saudi’s ambitions expand, whether it’s expanding and reforming their educational sector, building a larger media sector, the space exploration that we talked about, building a high-tech industry, a whole range of areas where the US and Saudi are natural partners, I would like to see a few years from that for everybody to know about that and for Saudi to be succeeding in its ambitions and for the US to be seen as its number one partner as it does so.”
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Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and UNDERSTAND THAT I AM HE: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Isaiah 52:6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore THEY SHALL KNOW IN THAT DAY THAT I AM HE THAT DOTH SPEAK: BEHOLD, IT IS I.
Luke 21:28 And WHEN THESE THINGS BEGIN TO COME TO PASS, THEN LOOK UP, AND LIFT UP YOUR HEADS; FOR YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH.
Isaiah52:6 Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.
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2 Thessalonians 2
2 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by OUR GATHERING TOGETHER UNTO HIM,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that THE DAY OF CHRIST IS AT HAND.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except THERE COME A FALLING AWAY FIRST, AND THAT MAN OF SIN BE REVEALED, THE SON OF PERDITION;
4 WHO OPPOSETH AND EXALTETH HIMSELF ABOVE ALL THAT IS CALLED GOD, OR THAT IS WORSHIPPED; SO THAT HE AS GOD SITTETH IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD, SHEWING HIMSELF THAT HE IS GOD.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And THEN SHALL THAT WICKED BE REVEALED, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 EVEN HIM, WHOSE COMING IS AFTER THE WORKING OF SATAN WITH ALL POWER AND SIGNS AND LYING WONDERS,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Daniel 9:26-27 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and THE PEOPLE OF THE PRINCE THAT SHALL COME SHALL DESTROY THE CITY AND THE SANCTUARY; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. AND HE SHALL CONFIRM THE COVENANT WITH MANY FOR ONE WEEK: AND IN THE MIDST OF THE WEEK HE SHALL CAUSE THE SACRIFICE AND THE OBLATION TO CEASE, AND FOR THE OVERSPREADING OF ABOMINATIONS HE SHALL MAKE IT DESOLATE, EVEN UNTIL THE CONSUMMATION, AND THAT DETERMINED SHALL BE POURED UPON THE DESOLATE.
Isaiah 28:14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, WE HAVE MADE A COVENANT WITH DEATH, AND WITH HELL ARE WE AT AGREEMENT; WHEN THE OVERFLOWING SCOURGE SHALL PASS THROUGH, IT SHALL NOT COME UNTO US: FOR WE HAVE MADE LIES OUR REFUGE, AND UNDER FALSEHOOD HAVE WE HID OURSELVES:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 AND YOUR COVENANT WITH DEATH SHALL BE DISANNULLED, AND YOUR AGREEMENT WITH HELL SHALL NOT STAND; WHEN THE OVERFLOWING SCOURGE SHALL PASS THROUGH, THEN YE SHALL BE TRODDEN DOWN BY IT.
19 FROM THE TIME THAT IT GOETH FORTH IT SHALL TAKE YOU: FOR MORNING BY MORNING SHALL IT PASS OVER, BY DAY AND BY NIGHT: AND IT SHALL BE A VEXATION ONLY TO UNDERSTAND THE REPORT.
Zechariah 13:8-9 And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, TWO PARTS THEREIN SHALL BE CUT OFF AND DIE; BUT THE THIRD SHALL BE LEFT THEREIN.AND I WILL BRING THE THIRD PART THROUGH THE FIRE, AND WILL REFINE THEM AS SILVER IS REFINED, AND WILL TRY THEM AS GOLD IS TRIED: THEY SHALL CALL ON MY NAME, AND I WILL HEAR THEM: I WILL SAY, IT IS MY PEOPLE: AND THEY SHALL SAY, THE LORD IS MY GOD.
Luke 2120 And WHEN YE SHALL SEE JERUSALEM COMPASSED WITH ARMIES, THEN KNOW THAT THE DESOLATION THEREOF IS NIGH.
21 Then LET THEM WHICH ARE IN JUDAEA FLEE TO THE MOUNTAINS; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
22 For THESE BE THE DAYS OF VENGEANCE, THAT ALL THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN MAY BE FULFILLED.
23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for THERE SHALL BE GREAT DISTRESS IN THE LAND, AND WRATH UPON THIS PEOPLE.
24 And THEY SHALL FALL BY THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, AND SHALL BE LED AWAY CAPTIVE INTO ALL NATIONS: AND JERUSALEM SHALL BE TRODDEN DOWN OF THE GENTILES, UNTIL THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES BE FULFILLED.
In His Service,
Night Watchman
Paul Rolland
Night Watchman Ministries
https://nightwatchmanministries.substack.com
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