{"id":2070293,"date":"2023-10-17T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T17:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-prince-makes-bidens-secretary-of-state-wait-for-hours-then-postpones-meeting-report\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T13:51:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T17:51:05","slug":"saudi-prince-makes-bidens-secretary-of-state-wait-for-hours-then-postpones-meeting-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-prince-makes-bidens-secretary-of-state-wait-for-hours-then-postpones-meeting-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Prince reportedly made Biden&#8217;s Secretary of State wait for hours before postponing their meeting."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsaudi-prince-makes-bidens-secretary-of-state-wait-for-hours-then-postpones-meeting-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2070293&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Missed Meeting with Saudi Prince Raises Questions about\u2063 U.S.-Arab Relations<\/h2>\n<p>When someone misses a\u2063 scheduled\u200c meeting, Americans tend to take it in\u2062 stride, but cultural norms in the\u2062 Arab world emphasize a\u200c higher level of respect and adherence to specific \u200detiquette.<\/p>\n<p>For example, checking one\u2019s watch during a conversation\u200c in \u2062a social setting is considered\u200b impolite, as is positioning one\u2019s shoe towards another\u200b person\u2062 or crossing one\u2019s legs when facing them.<\/p>\n<p>Punctuality is particularly valued in a professional context, according to Cultural Atlas.<\/p>\n<p>So what does it\u200d say that Saudi Prince Mohamed bin Salman stood\u200b up U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken after\u200c keeping\u200c him waiting for hours\u2063 for a meeting?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Joe Biden Effect: Saudi Crown Prince Humiliates Secretary Anthony \u200bBlinken<\/p>\n<p>Read more \u2062here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/he5LgjN7SU\">https:\/\/t.co\/he5LgjN7SU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vwCGFo0NgI\">pic.twitter.com\/vwCGFo0NgI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Gateway Pundit (@gatewaypundit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gatewaypundit\/status\/1714066926224249302?\">October 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Blinken was scheduled to meet the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-court-jails-womens-rights-activist-posing-challenge-for-biden\/\" title=\"Saudi court jails women\u2019s rights activist, posing challenge for Biden\">crown prince<\/a> in Riyadh on\u200b Saturday evening, \u200caccording to The Washington Post, but Salman didn\u2019t show, a snub that may go deeper\u2064 than Westerners can perceive.\u2064 The prince\u2063 eventually met Blinken on \u200dSunday, but, unsurprisingly, the conversation didn\u2019t go as Blinken may have wanted it \u200cto.<\/p>\n<p>During the eventual\u200b meeting,\u2062 Prince Salman criticized Israel\u2019s actions, calling for a cessation of military activities and \u200ban end to the \u201csiege of Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His statements\u200b are in\u2062 sharp\u2063 contrast to President Joe Biden\u2019s statements, which promised to stand with Israel and \u201cmake sure that Israel\u200c does \u2063not run out of these critical assets to \u200bdefend its cities and its\u200b citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blinken faced similar opposition in Egypt,\u200d where President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi criticized Israel\u2019s \u2064actions, asserting they had gone beyond the \u201cright of self-defense\u201d and that it amounted \u200cto \u201ccollective punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While it cannot be considered unexpected that Arab states would side with Arab sentiments over Jewish ones, the remarkable thing about the\u2062 Trump administration was that somehow, he managed to broker peace between the Jews and\u2063 Arabs.<\/p>\n<p>The historic Abraham Accords, which codified the normalization\u200d of relations between Israel, the United\u2062 Arab Emiritz and Bahrain, marked \u2062the \u201d dawn of a new Middle East,\u201d in\u2063 Trump\u2019s words, and opened the door for other countries to normalize relations with the Jewish state, which would have led to transformation in\u2064 the area, according\u2064 to The New York Post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">War is raging in Israel\u2064 because Joe Biden unfroze $6 billion for Iran, fueling the terrorism in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Under President Trump, there was peace in the Middle East because of the historic signing of the Abraham Accords.<\/p>\n<p>The world saw peace through strength.<\/p>\n<p>See the difference?\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ppconwRHa8\">pic.twitter.com\/ppconwRHa8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congressman Troy E. Nehls (@RepTroyNehls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepTroyNehls\/status\/1711436253265080532?\">October 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>A recap of\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-prince-makes-bidens-secretary-of-state-wait-for-hours-then-postpones-meeting-report\/\" title=\"Saudi Prince reportedly made Biden's Secretary of State wait for hours before postponing their meeting.\">peace \u2063process\u200b efforts published<\/a> \u2062by Time reveals an interesting point perhaps unintended by the writers of the piece.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b article points out that the second intifada \u2063took place in the year 2000 after a Camp David summit between former President\u200d Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime\u2063 Minister Ehud Barak, and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat, intended to negotiate a settlement, \u200ddestroying any prospect of normalization of relations\u200d in the region at that time.<\/p>\n<p>When the Biden administration aimed to extend these accords by involving Saudi Arabia, violence resumed, echoing a previous historical pattern in hyperdrive, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My home is under attack tonight again. We are really so \u200dscared here. Israel needs help!! We\u2019ve\u2063 been suffering rocket attacks all week.<\/p>\n<p>And\u2062 for those of you who \u2062say\u200d Hamas \u2063is fighting back, they STARTED this\u200d war by launching rockets at Israel\u2063 and committing massacres against\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rmko2MvoWo\">pic.twitter.com\/Rmko2MvoWo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 India Naftali (@indianaftali) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianaftali\/status\/1713264962708107683?\">October 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the Trump administration, aid to Palestinian authorities was also reduced, according to \u200dThe New York\u2062 Post, without any\u200c large-scale retaliation against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Could it be possible that Trump\u2019s peace through strength policies enabled the administration to achieve success in normalizing relations where \u2064other administrations, especially the\u200d current one, have \u2063failed?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In May 2017, Saudi Arabia honored President Trump with their honorary \u2018sword dance.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>July 2022, When the Crown Prince met with Biden, he got a fist\u2063 bump and rolling eyes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gsk9KiDhSs\">pic.twitter.com\/gsk9KiDhSs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ProudArmyBrat (@leslibless) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leslibless\/status\/1713322269269713266?\">October 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Is there a perception in \u2064the Middle\u200d East \u200dthat the United States, Israel\u2019s\u200c greatest \u2063ally, is growing weaker, influencing the timing of these attacks?<\/p>\n<p>Words are only \u201cviolence\u201d until you start to \u2064see the \u200bresults of true violence.<\/p>\n<p>Mean tweets are starting to sound really good right about now.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>A Note from Our Staff:<\/h3>\n<p><em><b>Did you know that 90 percent of advertisers will\u200b have nothing to do\u200c with The Western Journal? 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