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The goal of current Saudi politics is to construct an alliance beyond the causes of Arab and Islamic political ideologies and to maintain the internal and regional hegemony of the Saudi royal family. Israeli-Saudi friendly relations have continued since the Israeli attacks on and occupation of Sinai, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and the Syrian Golan Heights, which occurred in June 1967. These Israel’s attacks resulted in 776~983 Israeli dead, 10,000~15,000 killed or missing Egyptians, 6,000 killed or missing Jordanians, and 2,500 dead Syrians. This event in June 1967 radically changed the regional political situation and was the decisive turning point that caused the main leadership of the Arab World to change from Egypt to Saudi Arabia. Subsequently, Saudi Arabia has gradually strengthened its influence in the region with its vast oil resources it has. Unexpectedly Prince Turki al-Faisal was born to the King of Saudi Arabia, Faisal, who ruled from November 1964 to March 1975. The prince later said, on May 26, 2014, that "the Arabs had ‘crossed the Rubicon’ and don’t want to fight Israel anymore ... Israel has atomic weapons. We all know that. It has means to deliver these weapons … in the air force, and perhaps even a missile delivery system. The Israeli navy has submarines that can launch these missiles. So the Arabs are not crazy. Instead of waging war with Israel, the Arabs are waging peace"(Eldar 2014, May 29). This is Saudi recurrent regional politics.