The Jerusalem Post reports: Saudi Arabia has blocked access to a popular Israeli Arab website after it posted articles about alleged Saudi plans to normalize relations with Israel and cited reports from the Hebrew press that Israeli officials were pleased with King Salman’s designation of his son, Mohammed Bin Salman, as crown prince.
The Arab48 website, whose coverage is sympathetic to the hard-line anti-Zionist Balad party and sharply criticizes Israeli policies, was blocked in Saudi Arabia beginning July 6, according to its editor-in-chief, Rami Mansour. That was four days after it published an article titled “Israel is betting on Saudi Arabia for normalization with the Arab world.”
“It seems we have been blocked because of articles about the relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel and about Mohammed Bin Salman,” Mansour said. “The Saudis are simply isolating their citizens from the outside world.” He said it was the first time anyone had blocked the site since it was established in 1999.
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