Middle East Hot Isue, global
Guys..
I'd like to talk about politik really wanted to discuss it with anyone. i just found a friend wall's facebook who writing quite long analise about middle-east polictical isues. Anyway he studied in Egypt and here what he says.
There used to be a student friend from Algeria, his father was one of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's advisers, he always said, "The Algerian Army will not join any war in the Region, except in a war like Yom Kippur!".
Hence, Algeria still opens its Embassy in Damascus and does not join the Decisive Storm Operation in Yemen, whereas neighboring countries such as Djibouti and Eritrea join forces. YFI, the Algerian Military is ranked 25th in the world after Saudi Arabia and before Canada, and second in Africa after Egypt, ranked 2017.
Algeria has been "meneng bae" and trying to be neutral in the conflicts in the Middle East, but after the OIC summit in Istanbul, its relationship with Saudi Arabia looks a bit tense, and if not resolved diplomacy seems to be getting worse.
It all started from the supporters of the ball in Aïn M'lila in Algeria who posted a large poster of Trump's half-face and half the face of King Salman, and beside the face there was a picture of Aqsa Mosque and Sakhrah Dome (Dome of The Rock), and at under it was written, "Two faces for the same coin". The poster is part of a form of Algerian people's protest over Trump's decision.
Apparently the poster made the Saudi Arabian government unaccustomed to criticism and satire, whether the perpetrators will be reported to the Court as happened in the next country. The Saudis are particularly sensitive to criticism, especially the last few years before the launch of Arab Spring by "The Hammalatal Hatab l", where the Saudis are highly respected by the countries of the Region for choosing to be neutral, not interfering in the affairs of other countries and playing its role as Dove with The Olive Branch.
But the Saudi image as Dove with The Olive Branch faded as it began to intervene in other Arab countries' interior affairs, such as its intervention to bring down the Syrian government by funding opposition; his intervention in Yemen, which left thousands of civilians dead, leaving 11 million Yemenis threatened with starvation, fighting aircraft ranging from hospitals, schools to takziyah places; and his final impression of supportive of Trump's decision and the natural attempt to naturalize relations with Israel both secretly and openly, an attitude that does not reflect "The Custodian of Two Holy Mosques."
Algeria, Algeria known as "One Million Shuhada" is an independent country that has polugri and political attitude that can be different from other countries. In the case of Palestine, Algeria has a policy that goes against Saudi Arabia, the case of Palestine is a priority for the government and people of Algeria. Algeria accepts all Palestinian factional factions to live in Algeria without exception, as other Arab countries close the door in front of the factions. All the Algerians still remember and always buzzed the words of former president Houari Boumédiène, "Nous sommes avec la Palestine, qu'elle ait tort ou raison!"
Perhaps that is one way of "Bonek" Algeria expressing their aspirations, yes maybe for Saudi it is "humiliation", but maybe for their teenager it is fair, because the bonek is just a group of people who are disappointed with Saudi attitude, not the buzzers get paid!
Somehow the continuation of this tension, we hope both can find a solution with a cool head. But surely, Saudi Arabia's relations with countries in North Africa are quite bad, except with Mauritania, just like the bad relations between Saudi and other countries in the Middle East, such as Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Qatar and Oman. It indicates that Saudi Arabia's "diplomatic irritation" needs to be addressed and reviewed.
Let time answer it...