Israel is still occupying Saudi Arabian islands

[MaxShimba]

It is a fairly well kept secret that Israel has been occupying parts of Saudi Arabia since 1967. Tiran and Sanafir are two islands with a combined area of 113 square kilometres, so they are small, and are in a very strategic location at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba, through which sea traffic to Israel's southern port of Eilat must pass en route to and from the Red Sea. Israel maintains an early warning post on the islands.

Although the Saudi Arabian government might claim that the islands are small, unimportant coral reef islands, their position is such that whoever controls them controls the Gulf of Aqaba. They are as important as the Hanish archipelago at the other end of the Red Sea over which a conflict raged in 1995. International arbitration determined that Hanish belongs to Yemen. The Israeli occupation of Tiran and Sanafir determines that, if nothing else, the Israelis control the islands and don't really care who they belong to. Saudi Arabia has fought for similar islands but seems to be reluctant to challenge the Israeli occupation. Is it because the islands have no material value?

The islands were occupied by Israel after the late King Faisal had given control of them to Egypt to prevent Israeli ships being able to get to Eilat during the Six-Day War. After the ceasefire, Saudi Arabia and Egypt each claimed that the islands belonged to the other, leaving them free for the Israeli occupation to begin. When Egypt made peace with Israel in 1978, President Anwar Sadat refused to include them in the peace agreement, arguing that they belong to Saudi Arabia. A computer search reveals that even Google labels them as "Saudi Arabia" and maps of the country in governmental offices show clearly that they are Saudi territory, so why the reluctance to challenge Israel, and why is there a media blackout?

It's quite simple: Israel needs an outlet to the Red Sea for its shipping. The only Israeli presence on the islands is military to ensure that the shipping lanes are kept clear for its imports and exports, including military hardware to fight against Arab states. By international agreement, a multinational UN force is also stationed on the islands which "monitors the compliance of all parties" with this agreement. In reality, this means that American and Egyptian troops help to protect Israel's shipping lanes through the Straits of Tiran, Saudi Arabia's occupied sovereign territory. What would the people of Saudi Arabia say if they knew? - See more at: Israel is still occupying Saudi Arabian islands

 

[MaxShimba]

Apparently there is suppose to be a UN force on the Island?

 

[MaxShimba]

Apparently there is suppose to be a UN force on the Island?

... and we know ho do they represent....

 

[fazaa]

Apparently there is suppose to be a UN force on the Island?

Yeap and Tiran is an Egyptian-administered island that belongs to Egypt and is being claimed by Saudi Arabia kwa hio huwezi kusema ni Ardhi ya Saud arabia and BTW the Tiran island was leased to Egypt and now houses only the UN observation forces according to the Egyptian-Israeli peace accord sa sioni kitu gani Israel anajisifu hapo ye mwenyewe hayupo pale wala Egypt hawapo pale:biggrin:

Afu nyie kwenye akili zenu mnadhani Saud Arabia angekuwa anitaka hio ardhi asinge ipata, ngojea uone siku kama ina mafuta hakuibeba, ulimwengu wote una msijudia Saud Arabia mpaa baba yake Israel...USA:biggrin:

 

[MZIMU]

Well put and said mkuu for those who matters.

 

[MaxShimba]

Yeap and Tiran is an Egyptian-administered island that belongs to Egypt and is being claimed by Saudi Arabia kwa hio huwezi kusema ni Ardhi ya Saud arabia and BTW the Tiran island was leased to Egypt and now houses only the UN observation forces according to the Egyptian-Israeli peace accord sa sioni kitu gani Israel anajisifu hapo ye mwenyewe hayupo pale wala Egypt hawapo pale:biggrin:

Afu nyie kwenye akili zenu mnadhani Saud Arabia angekuwa anitaka hio ardhi asinge ipata, ngojea uone siku kama ina mafuta hakuibeba, ulimwengu wote una msijudia Saud Arabia mpaa baba yake Israel...USA:biggrin:

Not true:nono:

 

[MaxShimba]

This is the forbidden knowledge to middle easterners.

 

[MaxShimba]

Holy Molly, so they are in control!!! God bless Israel.

 

[KennedyMmari]

Yeap and Tiran is an Egyptian-administered island that belongs to Egypt and is being claimed by Saudi Arabia kwa hio huwezi kusema ni Ardhi ya Saud arabia and BTW the Tiran island was leased to Egypt and now houses only the UN observation forces according to the Egyptian-Israeli peace accord sa sioni kitu gani Israel anajisifu hapo ye mwenyewe hayupo pale wala Egypt hawapo pale:biggrin:

Afu nyie kwenye akili zenu mnadhani Saud Arabia angekuwa anitaka hio ardhi asinge ipata, ngojea uone siku kama ina mafuta hakuibeba, ulimwengu wote una msijudia Saud Arabia mpaa baba yake Israel...USA:biggrin:

hizi ni ndoto za alinacha tena za mchana kweupe...USA ana mafuta kwenye ardhi yake na anayachimba kila kona kwa sasa...sasa sijui kama kuna haja ya kumsujudia saudia...pili marekani ana hazina lukuki ya mafuta kwa miaka kadhaa ijayo katika visima vilivyojengwa huko kwao....tatu sio saudia pekee anayezalisha mafuta duniani..nne matumizi ya mafuta katika mitambo ya marekani imepungua...sasa wanatumia gas,solar,battery,umeme wa maji nk(hata magari huendeshwa kwa vitu hivyo)...kwahiyo hoja ya kuwa mmarekani anamsujudia msaudia ni mufilisi

 

[Kipala]

Hali halisi katika hali ya fujo jinsi ilivyo sioni hasara maana visiwa havina wakazi hivyo haki za wwenyeji haziathiriwi.
Hii naona tofauti na Palestina ambako utawala wa Israeli unawaudhi wenyeji.

Sijui kama kuna sababu ya kulalamika kwa Saudia na biashara yake kutokana na usimamizi wa Israeli juu ya visiwa hivi. Ninavyosikia tangu 1967 meli zote za Jordani na Saudia ziliweza kupita bila matata. Wakati Misri ilisimamia likuwa tofauti walijaribu kuzuia mawasiliano ya Israeli hii sababu ya kukamatwa.