Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula senior commander Khaled Batarfi has accused Arab states of rushing to normalize relations with Israel, according to a report by the Middle East Media Research Institute.
In a video published on the Telegram channel of the terrorist group's media arm, Monday, Batarfi called on Muslims to confront their governments militarily and intellectually.
Batarfi accused the governments of Arab and Persian Gulf state government of acting to please Jews and Christians, saying they have "diligently tried to promote the so-called 'deal of the century.'"
He said Egypt's transfer of Tiran and Sanafir Islands to Saudi Arabia and the kingdom's multibillion-dollar Neom City project had been planned "to boost the deal and finalize the sale of Palestine to the Jews and the displacement of the Muslims to the Sinai [Peninsula]."
Batarfi condemned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Oman and U.S. President Donald Trump's praise of Saudi Arabia in the wake of the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, as well as Trump's acknowledgment of the important role Ryadh plays in the region.
Batarfi asserted that the leaders of the Christians of the Jews "have become lawyers defending Al-Saud" because they are the ones who benefit the most from the Saudi royal family.
He accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of "secularizing" Saudi Arabia and promoting "debauchery" by creating the General Entertainment Authority. He condemned the imprisonment of religious clerics and reformers, as well as the hosting of Western priests and rabbis.
Addressing Muslims, Batarfi accused the Saudi crown prince and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed of secularizing their societies in order to "facilitate the normalization, promote co-existence with the West and Israel … and to please their Crusader master Trump to keep them in their thrones."
He cited Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirate's position against political Islamist groups and their support of regimes and groups that oppose the Arab Spring as proof that Riyadh and Abu Dhabi intend to "thwart all the attempts at Islam-inspired projects."
He then condemned the UAE and Bahrain's reopening of their embassies in Syria, as well as Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's visit to Damascus, saying that these actions prove that Arab governments are not concerned about those the Syrian regime killed and that all they care about is "pleasing the Jews and the Christians to secure their thrones."
Batarfi urged Muslims not to remain silent on "this major crime" and to prepare to act to remove these governments from power.
"Remember," he said, "We have scholars, men and women languishing in the prisons of those tyrants, whose crimes were refusing to remain silent against the falsehood of these rulers, and they are awaiting our support for them, and we will be asked if we have let them down."
