The Muslim Brotherhood ideology invokes governance according to Islam, but at the same time talks about democracy.

It is a global movement that appeals to many young Muslims, including Saudis, aspiring toward some kind of Islamic democratic rule, according to their own interpretation of both Islam and democracy. As such it immediately threatens monarchical rule.

Prince Mohammed has focused on economic and social liberalisation, both of which included suppressing the Muslim Brotherhood variant of Islamism.

Any attempt to evict Palestinian Hamas will definitely revive political Islam.

Moreover, should Palestinians be forced to leave their territory en masse, Prince Mohammed fears the reaction of the Saudi public and being portrayed as the Arab monarch who “sold Palestine”.

Saudi citizens have more solidarity with Palestinians than their regime as the latter had been indoctrinating them to be leaders among Arabs and Muslims when it suited the monarchy’s interest.