Haaretz | Archaeology
Before Islam: When Saudi Arabia Was a Jewish Kingdom
The discovery of the oldest-known pre-Islamic Arabic writing in Saudi Arabia, from ca. 470 CE, evidently caused some consternation, given its Christian and Jewish context.
In 2014, researchers from a French-Saudi expedition studying rock inscriptions in southern Saudi Arabia announced they had discovered what could be the oldest texts written in the Arabic alphabet.
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How do the people in Saudi Arabia view Jews in general? Considering it was a country that was seen as somewhat of an enemy state not long ago.
"There has never been antisemitism toward Jews in Saudi Arabia
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claims about materials being produced against Jews do not align with what we're witnessing today. Over the past two years when I've been there, there's no evidence of it. This suggests that there has never been hatred toward Jews in Saudi Arabia."
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The commander of Iran's navy said in a speech on January 7 that the modern-day Saudi Arabian royal family are descendants of Jews who fought early Muslim tribes.
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