Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Elder of Ziyon
Globes reports:
Arab graduates of Israeli universities are esteemed as professionals in the Arab world, and a window for their employment is now being opened in Saudi Arabia.This would replace the current system where workers need to be approved year after year, including having a Saudi vouch for them.
The rulers of Saudi Arabia are about to approve a plan giving permanent resident status in the country to investors, entrepreneurs, engineers, and even cashiers. According to a measure approved this week by the Shura council, the Islamic institution that advises the country's political leadership, the Saudi Arabian government will present detailed regulations and legislation within three months enabling professional staff, entrepreneurs, and investors to obtain resident status.
As part of the trend in the unfreezing of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, the new plan will also allow Israeli Arabs to work in Saudi Arabia. Arab graduates of Israeli universities are esteemed as professionals in the Arab world, and a window for their employment is now being opened in Saudi Arabia, a source of livelihood for citizens of other Arab countries.
While the idea that Israelis will be able to freely travel and work in Saudi Arabia is remarkable, so is the distinction to be made in the law between Israeli Arabs and Israeli Jews. It proves that for Arabs, antisemitism is deeply baked into the culture. (After all, many Israeli Arabs are Zionists.)
