By Arraib al-Rantawi
Its optical cells are longer than the Great Wall of China, and more robots than humans in the project. Shu and the islands extend for more than 460 kilometers, a special area over a span of three countries, not only an integrated economic project but also an economic, cultural and social lifestyle.
We do not know much about the details of the project yet, but from what has been published about it, which is a lot, we can understand (albeit retroactively) some of the steps, policies and measures that the Kingdom has taken over the last two or three years. We understand the "cultural revolution" that the Saudi Crown Prince is waging against the great Wahabis (Awakening), obedient, and his repeated talk about the destruction of extremism and extremists. We understand the winds of openness and "luxury" that have begun to blow in the Kingdom with the force of the House of Commons. Women driving cars are only one of their chapters. We understand the plan for 2030 by moving from the rentier state to "economic liberalism" with all the fears and hopes it raises. We understand the active Saudi willingness to get closer to Israel whether through economic channels or through personalities who have held titles and held high positions in the past, etc.
Because it is a project that is closer to the truth than the truth, it raises more questions than it provides. Here we can only raise two questions: Can the Kingdom's structure and social and religious heritage tolerate such a shift? What is the position of Israel and its role in the project "Nome"?
At this very point, I find myself "epitomical." In its social structure, as it was formed for years and decades, the Kingdom endures both things.
No project involving the three countries (Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia), in any form of linking them, can, on the sea or underground, include Israel and enjoy Saudi Arabia's return or acquisition of the two islands of Taher and Smurf, with which Egypt signed its commitments under the Camp David Accords and the peace treaty. This alone is enough for Israel to enter the project line and reserve a seat for it.
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