Egypt Daily News – Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki Al-Faisal stated: “If we lived in a just world, we would have seen American B-2 bombers raining bombs on Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility and other sites instead of Iran.”
In an article published by the UAE-based outlet The National, he argued that Israel ultimately possesses nuclear weapons in violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and moreover, has never joined the treaty and remains outside the jurisdiction of the International Atomic Energy Agency, with no inspections ever conducted at its nuclear sites.
Al-Faisal criticized the justification of a unilateral Israeli attack on Iran based on Iranian leaders’ hostile statements toward Israel, saying this ignores Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s own repeated calls, since taking office in 1996, for the destruction of the Iranian government. He added that Iran’s threats brought devastation upon themselves, but that this context is often omitted.
He went on to say that Western support for an Israeli attack on Iran is expected to be hypocritical, as many of those same countries continue to back Israeli aggression in Palestine, despite a recent decline in that support from some governments. He also noted the stark contrast between Western sanctions on Russia over its military operation in Ukraine and the tolerance shown toward Israel’s actions.
Al-Faisal emphasized that the so-called rules-based international order, long promoted by the West, is in disarray. “We in the Arab world are not detached from this,” he wrote. “Our principled stance on these conflicts is a shining example of what nations, leaders, and people should do.”
He also criticized Western leaders for their continued repetition of hollow rhetoric about their supposed values, but said he was encouraged by the growing popular support in the West—across religions, races, and generations—for Palestinian independence. This, he said, is driving a shift in the positions of some Western leaders.
Al-Faisal further revealed that former U.S. President Donald Trump had, on a Saturday evening, given the green light for the U.S. military to bomb three nuclear sites in Iran. He claimed that Trump then fell for Netanyahu’s deception, portraying the Israeli campaign against Iran as a success despite its illegality.
He recalled that when the U.S. invaded Iraq and Afghanistan more than two decades ago, Trump opposed those wars, arguing that they had undesirable consequences—just as an attack on Iran would likely have similar repercussions.
He called for a return to diplomacy, stating that unlike many other Western leaders, Trump should avoid double standards and listen to America’s friends in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council, who, unlike Netanyahu, seek peace rather than war.
Al-Faisal concluded by saying: “Still, I cannot do anything about the double standards, Netanyahu’s genocidal policies, the fratricidal divisions among Palestinian leaders, Europe’s cowardice, or Trump’s promises of peace in the Middle East while waging war on Iran and simultaneously praising ceasefires and Netanyahu.”
He ended his article with a personal stance: “I will follow the example of my late father, King Faisal, who refused to visit the United States after President Harry Truman broke the promises of his predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and contributed to the creation of Israel. My own response is this: I will not visit the United States until Trump leaves office.”
