What Vanity Fair’s investigation revealed is not just an ordinary diplomatic story, but an earthquake shaking the lie of the “US–Gulf partnership” and exposing that what is happening is not political cooperation alone, but the purchase of influence, bought settlements, and Saudi-UAE money being managed through Western intermediaries to serve the American-Israeli project.
According to the investigation , MBZ and MBS did not merely support the US administration politically; they bribed Jared Kushner with billions of dollars in exchange for pushing their agenda through the White House, while Netanyahu was part of the secret financial game, participating in arranging the transfers and controlling the flow of part of the money.
The “Alpha” account: More than $750 million from Saudi and UAE sources since 2017, held at First Abu Dhabi Bank, whose board chairman at the time was Tahnoun bin Zayed, brother of Mohammed bin Zayed . The meaning is clear: the money was not a gift, but a weapon of pressure and influence .
The “Beta” account: Transfers totaling about $1 billion toward Israel via Azerbaijan, with Netanyahu involved in pushing deposits into the Bank of Israel, before part of the money was later moved to accounts in Cyprus . This shows that the project is no longer about
“protecting regional security”
alone; it is about reshaping the region through money and deals .
The secret fund: The Saudi and UAE billions were supposed to finance a “secret fund” to serve the goals of the White House at the time, including domestic projects that would help Trump preserve his presidential power .
Here the reality becomes clear: Saudi Arabia and the UAE were not merely traditional allies, but partners in engineering American decision-making and financing its project in the region .
The intelligence thread: The report also relies on the 2018 breach of Kushner’s phone by Dutch military intelligence and the exploitation of a security flaw in his iPhone X to monitor his screen and access sensitive files .
Messages and communications: Netanyahu, according to the investigation, required Kushner to notify him before executing any transfers from the account, and the messages were routed through former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman .
The truth they do not want exposed: The Gulf is no longer just a follower in the background; it has become part of the American-Israeli decision-making machine. The money of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi is no longer being spent on fragile security or public relations alone; it is being used to buy political silence, push the Palestine files into sabotage, facilitate cheap normalization, and entrench Israeli dominance in the region .
For us, this scandal confirms that what is happening is not a “Gulf rise” or a “strategic partnership,” but organized betrayal:
• Betrayal of Palestine.
• Betrayal of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen.
• Betrayal of the spirit of resistance.
• Betrayal of Arab and Islamic interests.
While money is paid in the name of “settlement,” the Palestinian cause is being emptied of its content. While they speak in the language of “choice” and partnership, the region is being sold piece by piece. While the “new model” is praised, the refugee issue is buried, the resistance is being destroyed, the internal front is thrown into confusion, and the ground is being prepared for regional projects subordinate to Washington and Tel Aviv.
Therefore we say loudly: The American-Israeli project is built only on internal collaboration and on Gulf debts that have sold their dignity for money.
MBS and MBZ are not merely rulers; they are pillars of the repression and regional war machine, two faces of the new dependency. And whoever thinks that concessions will bring security does not understand that the enemy grants security only to those who have sold themselves.