Why is Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal launching a Jewish media campaign?
(Translated)
News:
Turki al-Faisal, the former head of Saudi intelligence, stated regarding the situation in Gaza during an interview with Russia News Arabic on August 1, 2025, that "Launching a comprehensive Arab war against the Jewish entity would be a losing battle, and everyone knows the military power of the Jewish entity." He added, "The Arab world always chooses peace, and it cannot contradict itself by choosing war." (Source)
Comment:
Turki al-Faisal's statements represent a crisis within the ranks of the ruling elites in Islamic countries, a crisis characterized by excessive cowardice, psychological defeat, and submission to the will of America and the West. At a time when the Islamic countries stand at a critical juncture, and popular demands are rising to move the Muslim armies to save Gaza, the rulers, through their actions and their media mouthpieces, are openly declaring alignment with the enemies of Islam. The famous saying comes to mind upon hearing the statements of Prince Turki, who held the longest term as head of Saudi intelligence: "The coward dies a thousand deaths."
It is not surprising that the rulers and their media mouthpieces exaggerate the power of the Jewish entity, which is fragile in the first place. Rather, exaggerating its power has always been a fundamental pillar of its survival. This campaign is being managed by the treacherous rulers, with the help of their masters in the West, with the aim of preventing the powerful Muslim armies and public opinion from adopting the idea of liberating the blessed land of Palestine. The patrons of the Jewish entity, even from abroad, organized the Arab wars with the Jews to build the myth of its military superiority, so that the Arabs would be convinced of the impossibility of defeating it and accept its existence. These client rulers want to drown the nation in despair and defeat like themselves.
However, a close look at reality leads to a conclusion completely different from what Turki al-Faisal wants to convince the nation of. How can the huge Muslim armies, with their equipment and gear, be defeated by a weak entity in terms of its geographic, military, and industrial capabilities compared to the surrounding Muslim lands?! The comparative figures support this argument:
| Naval Assets | Total Aircraft | Total Military Personnel | State/Region | |
| 121 | 1,399 | 1,704,000 | Pakistan | 1 |
| 182 | 1,083 | 883,900 | Turkey | 2 |
| 303 | 2,482 | 2,587,900 | Total (Pakistan and Turkey) | |
| Middle Eastern Countries | ||||
| 150 | 1,093 | 1,220,000 | Egypt | 1 |
| 32 | 917 | 407,000 | Saudi Arabia | 2 |
| 27 | 274 | Jordan | 3 | |
| 123 | 128 | 103,500 | Kuwait | 4 |
| 181 | 551 | 207,000 | UAE | 5 |
| 27 | 207 | 270,000 | Syria | 6 |
| 64 | 132 | 129,900 | Bahrain | 7 |
| 22 | 128 | 152,600 | Oman | 8 |
| 33 | 84 | 86,700 | Yemen | 9 |
| 64 | 80 | 160,000 | Lebanon | 10 |
| 723 | 3,594 | 2,529,700 | Total (Arab Countries) | |
| 62 | 611 | 670,000 | Jewish State | |
A study of the recent military campaigns of the Jews shows their real weakness: they are not prepared to wage any war without Western support. They rely on America to supply them with ammunition and to intervene to negotiate a ceasefire. For example, the Jewish state was unable to absorb the limited Iranian response with ballistic missiles during the 12-day war, even though the Arab rulers provided air corridors for its planes, and the American anti-missile systems intercepted many of the Iranian missiles. When the Jewish losses began to rise and the infrastructure in their major cities turned to rubble, Washington felt the need to end the war by launching air strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
In Gaza, the Jewish state could not break the will of the nation despite the horrific massacres it committed. It is unable to liberate its prisoners through its military operations, so it resorted to the client rulers of Qatar and Egypt for help. Many Jewish prisoners are still in the hands of the Mujahideen in Gaza. The entity is also desperately seeking to expand its borders in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria to establish buffer zones, because it believes that it cannot win the war against the Arab armies, and wants to reduce the element of surprise in the event that the Muslim armies move towards its northern borders.
So, why did Turki al-Faisal make these illogical statements, even though he is not naive and knows the fragility of the Jewish entity? The answer is simple: the increasing popular pressure within the Islamic nation to push the armies towards jihad against the Jews has reached the corridors of power. The treacherous rulers feel that the ground is shaking beneath their feet, and they fear the escalating anger in the ranks of the armies, so they resorted to confronting this feeling through their media mouthpieces. The Egyptian President "General" Sisi recently issued a statement denouncing the starvation of Gaza, in a failed attempt to disavow the massacre, forgetting that he is the one imposing the siege from the south.
The Islamic nation is well aware that our rulers are the biggest disaster for us, for instead of being a shield against foreign aggression, they are aligning themselves with the criminal aggressors. These rulers prioritize the sanctity of their artificial borders and their alleged national interests over obedience to God and His Messenger, and they are the darlings of Trump and Netanyahu, and no hope can be expected from them. The real hope for Muslims lies in the sincere officers and soldiers who yearn to fight the Jews and sacrifice their lives for the sake of God. The horrific images of the starving children of Gaza have increased the soldiers' anger at their rulers, and these client rulers feel the danger of the great awakening in the ranks of the armies. We must continue to awaken the feelings of the sincere leaders and soldiers until this awakening turns into a flood that sweeps away the thrones of treachery. The day will not be long when the nation and its armies fight the Jews, defeat them, and liberate Al-Aqsa Mosque. At that time, hypocrites like Turki al-Faisal will hear the takbirs of the nation and its soldiers from Al-Aqsa Mosque, but they will have nothing left but regret in this world and the hereafter.
Abu al-Zinad narrated that Khalid ibn al-Walid, may God be pleased with him, when death came to him, wept and said: "I have witnessed such and such battles, and there is no place in my body except that it has been struck by a sword or shot by an arrow, and here I am dying on my bed like a camel, so may the eyes of the cowards never sleep!" Abu Hurairah, may God be pleased with him, said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The Hour will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews, and the Muslims will kill them, until the Jew hides behind the stone and the tree, and the stone or the tree will say: O Muslim, O servant of God, there is a Jew behind me, so come and kill him, except for the Gharqad, for it is one of the trees of the Jews." Narrated by Bukhari
Written for the media office of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Muhammad Saljuk – Wilayah Pakistan