How the Saudis got to be 'special'

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: March 18, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

ZALMAN SHOVAL
Jerusalem Post
03-18-2005
Headline: How the Saudis got to be 'special'
Byline: ZALMAN SHOVAL
Edition; Up Front
Section: Opinion
Page: 17

Friday, March 18, 2005 -- Sixty years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt, on his way back from the fateful Yalta conference, met King Abdulazziz, founder of Saudi Arabia, aboard the USS Quincy, in Egypt's Bitter Lake. The meeting led to a special relationship based on oil and security - but it also dealt extensively with the consequences of the Holocaust and the future of Palestine.

Roosevelt's role regarding the plight of European Jewry had been ...

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