Chapter 843 Arriving in Riyadh again
Of course, even if Barron does not have much favorable impressions of the Jewish group, he would not go so far as to oppose them by supporting Palestine.
But if Lamy wanted to help Palestine in some way based on personal feelings, Barron would not object.
Otherwise, he would not have allowed the Devonshire Charitable Foundation to adopt Rami and Ravi, a pair of Palestinian siblings.
In fact, the British have always had mixed feelings about Palestine.
Well, a more literary way of saying it is——
London and Jerusalem are thousands of miles apart.
But the British have been yearning for the land of Palestine for two thousand years. Here they find their roots, place their beliefs, make pilgrimages and adventures, fight and write legends, so that many British people will say this:
“When I die, open my chest and you will find Palestine lying in my heart.”
William Thomson, Archbishop of York, England, once said:
“Palestine is our homeland, I said it and I will say it again.”
They believed that their ancestors came from the East, from Holy Palestine.
According to the "Bible Genesis" records, after the great flood, Noah's descendants spread to various places and formed various nations.
Gomer, the grandson of Noah and the son of Japheth, came to Britain and became the founder of Britain.
In 1916, Britain occupied Palestine, and after World War II, Britain became the trustee state of Palestine until the partition of Palestine and Israel.
In fact, when Zionism wanted to establish the Jewish state of Israel in Palestine, although Britain agreed, it still favored the Arabs in the distribution of benefits.
After all, the entire Middle East was once considered the British sphere of influence, but the establishment of Israel was supported by the United States and the Soviet Union. Its purpose was similar to the national liberation movements that emerged around the world after World War II, which was to dismember traditional empires such as Britain and France. colonial power of communist countries.
At that time, Britain had better traditional relations with Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Iraq, but the United States was actively promoting the establishment of Israel. As for the Soviet Union, it had no vital interests in Palestine at the time, but was happy to see Britain in Palestine. The local influence was weakened, so the tide went along.
On November 29, 1947, with the support of the United States, the second United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 181 on the end of the British Mandate and the implementation of partition in Palestine, stipulating that the British Mandate should be on August 1, 1948 It ended two months later with the establishment of two states in Palestine - an Arab state and a Jewish state.
According to this resolution, the proposed division of territory between the two countries gave the Jews a big advantage.
Among the more than 1.8 million people living in Palestine at that time, there were only 600,000 Jews, less than one-third of the total population. However, the land assigned to them accounted for 57% of the total area of Palestine, and most of it was fertile coastal plains. zone.
On the contrary, the Arabs, who accounted for more than two-thirds of the total population of Palestine at that time, received only 43.88% of the total area, and most of it was barren hilly areas.
The Jews were quite satisfied with this and declared the establishment of the State of Israel in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948.
But Palestinian Arabs and surrounding Arab countries were deeply indignant and refused to accept the resolution.
On December 17, 1947, the newly established League of Arab States issued a "Statement of Opposition to the United Nations Resolution on the Partition of Palestine," stating that "the Arabs are determined to fight against the United Nations resolution to divide Palestine and, in accordance with the will of God, , fight to the final victory.”
On the day that Israel was founded, the first Middle East war broke out... and the never-ending armed conflict between Arab and Israeli began.
This has also led to the fact that Palestine has not yet established a state and is being continuously encroached upon by Israel with the support of the United States.
However, Barron does not intend to be a "messenger of justice". After all, even now, under the tenderness of the so-called "civilization", the world still speaks with strength - the truth is only within the range of the cannon.
Besides, Palestine will not bring him any benefits, so there is no need to provoke those Jewish lunatics.
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"My dear friend, welcome to Riyadh again..."
"I have to say, Your Highness, my mood has improved since I came from the cold London to the sunny Saudi Arabia."
After Barron hugged Prince Walid, he went directly with him into the motorcade that came to greet him.
Yes, after conducting some royal activities in London, Barron left England again and came directly to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.
Currently, the activities for the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne are only celebrated in a small range among the royal family and the nobility. The national celebration in England will be held in early June, so Barron will not return to London from Lanai with his family until May.
Barron and Prince Walid have known each other for a long time. The other party is his very important partner, and many Middle Eastern funds, including Saudi Arabia, have invested in DS Group and related funds.
Especially during the subprime mortgage crisis, many Middle Eastern funds withdrawn from the United States, a considerable part of which were invested in the British and European markets because of Barron. In contrast, SoftBank Group was not so lucky this time and received up to $50 billion in Middle Eastern investment. According to the data obtained by Barron, they only attracted less than $10 billion in funds...
For this, Barron did not feel any guilt towards Sun Zhengyi. After all, he believed that the return he could give to these oil countries was much higher than that of SoftBank Group.
In addition to cooperation in funds, United Energy Group also has a lot of cooperation with some Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia.
Their cooperation is not about oil, but in the field of new energy, especially photovoltaic solar energy. Saudi Arabia's investment fund has invested in related projects of United Energy Group.
Before this, United Energy Group's power business had already entered the field of offshore wind power, but photovoltaic solar energy is also a very popular new energy direction. As a company with energy as its main business, United Energy Group will naturally not miss it.
