Comments by "zjeee" (@zjeee) on "Why some Arab states side with Israel | Mapped Out" video.

Whatever the case was the Arabs lost. Losing wars has consequences. They need to either stay peaceful and not provoke conflicts with someone stronger or find stronger friends.
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They have a bad rep they have made a lot of trouble in the countries they go to. Like example in Kuwait they co-operated with Sadam when he invaded the country and in Jordan they started a civil war.
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Of course they do, Saudi and Jordan shoot down Iranian rockets. It's pretty simple Sunni and Shia hate is stronger than hate for Israel.
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Like most Arab nations in the area, they got oil they are rich. No oil = poverty. Egypt has no oil so they are poor. The rich nations will turn poor once the oil runs out or the world stops using oil.
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Well bad things happen when you start wars, especially when you lose them. Has consequences.
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Pretty simple, the leaders know that their countries benefit a lot more being friendly with Israel as it is a western ally and the EU and US markets is a huge chunk of the world economy and it's very beneficial to be on friendly terms. There is nothing to gain being hostile against Israel but a lot to gain to co-operate. Also there is the whole Shia - Sunni conflict going on, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Truth that some don't want to admit is that some Sunni and Shia hate each other more than they hate Israel. Saudi Arabia will gladly co-operate with Israel if it leads to the Downfall of their arch rival Iran. Iran is Shia, Saudi Sunni.
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Who cares? Who the US recognizes is all that matters. They are the big dog of the block whatever they say goes.
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@osloqt The real world is pretty simple, if the Arabs were stronger they would own the land that's pretty much it. 1400 years ago the Arabs were strong, they conquered the area and made it their home, then the British came, they were stronger than the Arabs so they claimed the land. Now Israel is strong so they hold on to the land. Maybe in the future the Arabs will be strong again and lay claim to the land but until then it belongs to Israel. You can come with Historical claims and DNA analyses as much as you want, it won't change a thing. Only thing that matters is military strength.
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Democracy would not work in a place like that. You have to understand it's a culture of clan/family loyalty. Furthering your clans interest over the nation is totally normal so anyone getting into power will fill the government body with friends and family and run it like a family business - not a nation state. They could not care less of what happens to people that are not associated with their clan.
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Even if they united they would not amount much against individual western countries the US alone has several time bigger economy than all Middle Eastern countries put together.
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Blackmail? more like offering a bigger cake of the US market = $$$. Money is a lot more important than religion to most of these guys even though they pretend it is not.
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@Salah_editz786 86% of Palestinians are Arabs, Arabs conquered the area 1400 years ago with the rise and spread of Islam. But yeah let's just add 2300 years to that because it sounds cooler and falsifying history to fit your modern narrative is more important than being factual correct. Their descendants are from the Arabian peninsula, that does not make their claim to the land null and void they have been there for more than 1000 years, just 3700 years that's just blatant lying. At the end of the day historical claims matters little, if the Arabs were stronger militarily and won the war they would own that piece of land no matter what their historical claim is that is all that matters. Israel will continue to control that territory until someone stronger than them will come and take it from them, until then it's theirs to decide what to do with no matter if it's right or wrong.
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@USA-o5o I will believe it when I see it
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