By MEE staff
A prominent Saudi Arabian academic has accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of throwing itself “into the arms of Zionism” and functioning as “Israel’s Trojan horse in the Arab world” in order to weaken Saudi Arabia and emerge as a dominant regional power.
In a scathing column published on Thursday in the Saudi newspaper Al Jazirah, Ahmed bin Othman al-Tuwaijri accused leaders in the oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi of being “blinded” by “hatred and jealousy” and of turning against the kingdom despite decades of Saudi support.
Tuwaijri, a former dean at King Saud University and a former Shura Council member, singled out the emirate of Abu Dhabi for criticism, saying it was pursuing “hostile plots under the guise of diplomacy” and was behind several attempts to destabilise the region.
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