{"id":60233,"date":"2026-01-23T14:54:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=60233"},"modified":"2026-01-23T14:54:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:54:50","slug":"former-saudi-intelligence-chief-an-annoying-gadfly-arab-figure-friendly-to-israel-responds-to-netanyahus-barking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/former-saudi-intelligence-chief-an-annoying-gadfly-arab-figure-friendly-to-israel-responds-to-netanyahus-barking\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Saudi Intelligence Chief: \u201cAn Annoying Gadfly\u201d \u2014 Arab Figure Friendly to Israel Responds to Netanyahu\u2019s \u201cBarking\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A statement attributed to a former head of Saudi intelligence has sparked widespread debate on social media after a sharply worded remark circulated in which he attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing him as an \u201cannoying gadfly.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The remark was reportedly made in response to Israeli statements seen as provocative toward the Kingdom and its regional role.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The circulation of the statement comes amid escalating media and political tensions among several regional actors against the backdrop of the war in Gaza, mounting international pressure over post-war arrangements, and disputes surrounding normalization efforts and Saudi Arabia\u2019s potential role in any future settlement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Observers believe that the tone of the statement\u2014if confirmed authentic\u2014reflects the level of accumulated frustration with recent Israeli policies, particularly following repeated criticism of Riyadh\u2019s role and attempts to cast doubt on its position regarding the Palestinian cause.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A statement attributed to a former head of Saudi intelligence has sparked widespread debate on social media after a sharply worded remark circulated in which he attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing him as an \u201cannoying gadfly.\u201d The remark was reportedly made in response to Israeli statements seen as provocative toward the Kingdom and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60234,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60233\/revisions\/60234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}