You’d feel like you are watching a fantasy movie when you see the details of Neom, which costs so much that the Saudi Sovereign Fund had to pay for as no investors were able to pay for it, yet it only covers 60% of the budget of the city, which has optical cells longer than the Great Wall of China, with robots more than humans and beaches that extend for more than 460 KM.
According to the data of Saudi newspapers, all Gulf countries are worried that Neom would affect them and become the top city in the region.
However, would the Saudi structure, social and religious heritage tolerate such change? What is Israel’s role in the Neom project?
Experts and specialists are spectacular about the success chances of the project and given the religious and cultural structure of society in Saudi Arabia.
Others believe there are no chances of success for this project, even if the financial obstacles were solved, due to the religious, social, and cultural characteristics of the conservative Saudi people.
They believe that insisting on changing the culture of the society will only result in its destruction and that the religious authority in the kingdom is strong and if it appears fragile, and this is why politics and religion were always linked together in Saudi Arabia for many years.
As for Israel’s role in NEOM, Hebrew newspapers like Ha’aretz, The Jerusalem Post, and others, reported that communications between the management of the Saudi Investment Fund and the financial departments of the Zionist occupation government. These communications revealed complete coordination between the visions of the Israeli and Saudi sides regarding Neom.
The Hebrew media revealed that the vision of the Minister of Transport in the government of the Zionist occupation seeks to complete a train line that goes across the countries of the Middle East, which is in line with the idea of NEOM to become a city without borders in 3 countries, namely the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, and the fourth is the Israeli occupation.
This in fact explains the Saudi government’s insistence on acquiring the two islands Tiran and Sanafir, as Sisi gave away these islands’ land to Saudi Arabia despite the widespread criticism and rejection by the Egyptian people.
Saudizing the two islands also helps to achieve the old dream of the Zionist occupation entity in building a canal parallel to the Suez Canal, as well as the construction of an underground tunnel connecting southern Jordan with the Sinai Peninsula to transport individuals, goods, and energy in both directions, which would be parallel or an alternative to the King Salman Bridge, which is intended to link Africa with Asia. Furthermore, Israelis intend to annex Egyptian lands in Sinai to be annexed to the Gaza Strip.
All these facts reveal the insistence of Saudi Arabia and Sisi to end the Palestinian cause, however, they cannot, especially after the war that took place over the past days in which the Palestinian resistance insult broke the arrogance of Tel Aviv.
