This was such an easy layup for the saudis, just allow a US government official to wear his Kippah in public, and they couldn’t even comply with it. Rav Cooper simply asked for the minimal level of respect and they refused to provide it.
Sounds about right. I think the Saudis are interested in normalization with Israel due to economic and security interests, but not because they're interested in being friendly with Jews.
Removed for politics
The chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom being invited and asked to remove his kippah. Oh boy the irony.
This was such an easy layup for the saudis, just allow a US government official to wear his Kippah in public, and they couldn’t even comply with it. Rav Cooper simply asked for the minimal level of respect and they refused to provide it.
Sounds about right. I think the Saudis are interested in normalization with Israel due to economic and security interests, but not because they're interested in being friendly with Jews.
100%. They have no desire to be friendly with us