Al-Qaida released a new video to mark 20 years to the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States Saturday. In the video, posted to the US non-governmental organization SITE Intelligence Group's website, al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri insists "Jerusalem will not be Judaized."
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Al-Zawahiri further attacked members of the Arab world he said were "collaborating" with the US, chief among them Saudi Arabia, but also the United Arab Emirates President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, referring to them as "Zionist Arabs."
The UAE, along with Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan made history in 2020 when they signed the Abraham Accords with Riyadh's blessing and normalized ties with Israel under the auspices of the US.
Al-Zawahiri took command of the terrorist organization following the assassination of its longtime leader Osama bin Laden in 2011. For years, rumors circled of his death, but al-Qaida's release of this video along with propaganda materials in recent days seems aimed at sending the message he is very much alive. Nevertheless, the assessment in the West is that it remains unclear as to whether al-Zawahiri is alive as he makes no mention of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in the recordings.
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