Khaled Bin Hamad Al-Malik, editor of the Saudi daily Al-Jazirah, slammed the Palestinian factions, and especially Hamas, for turning their backs on the Arabs and joining Iran, and for misjudging the consequences of the October 7 attack and severely undermining the Palestinian cause.
He wrote: "Several Palestinian factions, such as Hamas, the [Palestinian Islamic] Jihad and others, staged a coup against the Palestinian Authority and took over the Gaza Strip.
[They also] collaborated with Iran while turning their backs on the Arabs, and even used their media and mosques in Gaza to hurl false accusations and the worst kind of invective at the Arab countries, especially at the [Saudi] kingdom and the Gulf states.
Despite this, it was these countries that defended Palestine and the Palestinians in international forums by organizing conferences and visiting the influential powers, instead of sinking into wars that harm the Palestinian cause more than they help it, [as Hamas has done].