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The New York Times on Tuesday ignited a wave of backlash after revealing a framed photograph of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman displayed inside the New York City mansion of convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The article, which takes readers inside the late convicted paedophile's seven-storey Manhattan home, features surveillance cameras positioned above his bed and in adjoining rooms, taxidermied animals, and provocative artwork, including a sculpture of a bride clutching a rope suspended from the ceiling in the atrium.

The criticism escalated as people connected the image to long-standing allegations of Gulf-Israeli collaboration.

Sam Youssef, author and editor of American and International Affairs, asked: “Do you now understand why Arab rulers kneel to Netanyahu and the Mossad?”

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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 55 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The photo in question. Please download and share for the Streisand effect!

[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

Jeffry Epistien had a "fake" Saudi passport. I'm sure he was helpful when MBS bought an entire island in the maldives and flew 150+ girls tested for stds for a party:

https://nypost.com/2020/08/31/inside-the-lavish-life-of-saudi-arabias-party-prince/

[–] ours@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

This picture disappearing from Twitter/X in 3, [MBS calling Musk], 2...

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Oh not the guy who likes to cut people up with chainsaws is a bad person??

[–] ours@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago

Good thing he's Twitter's second largest investor, so he can wave away this a well. Less messy than having to trick a reporter to go to his embassy and having him chopped up to bits to shut him up from Twitter.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I get that you may not like the guy but that's straight up slander. there's no evidence he had anyone killed with chainsaws. it was a bonesaw.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 5 days ago

Uh oh. The guy who has people dismembered may be a bad person!

[–] haloduder@thelemmy.club 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It's always the ones you most expect.

I'd love to see this guy's head on a pike.

[–] greywolf0x1@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago

< love to see this guy's head on a pike.

same here

Chad move.

Be massive monster.

Put up portraits of other despots.

Get killed in prison

Release lists as photo album.

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

It would be so ironic if MBS raped girls together with Barak the former prime minister of Israel. The most fucked up way to make peace in the Middle East imaginable.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The whole Gulf leadership is in American pockets and they work together with Israel.

Israel-Saudi Arabia land bridge emerges as game-changing prospect

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

They did not increase oil production to replace Russian oil, after the full scale invasion of Ukraine. That was something the US really wanted, so hard to say they are in the pocket of the US. The simple honest answer is that the entire Gulf leadership has no problem with large scale human rights violation and starving thousands. They did it themself in Yemen and currently partly in Sudan.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago

That's true. They do look out for their own wallet first. Any time they can earn 5 bucks by slaughtering a poor brown person the Gulf leaders are the first ones in line.

the entire Gulf leadership has no problem with large scale human rights violation and starving thousands

No way! What about the fact that they're boldly standing up for their coreligionists in Palestine?

/s just in case.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago

The have a common interest in crushing Arab democracy.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (2 children)

That's weird. I thought the Saudis were into taking shits on American actresses, not raping children.

[–] haloduder@thelemmy.club 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

Rich people love raping children.

It's an industry and part of their culture.

If you support rich people, you support child rapists and child rape.

All rich people? Paul McCartney rapes children? Your views might be a little extreme here.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

OMC Taylor swift rapes children !

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[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 21 points 6 days ago

You mean a murdering piece of shit likes to abuse little girls. Sounds right on brand.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It's funny to think that the world is mostly able to get along except for the faux friction cultivated between cultures by a handful of people to maintain a status quo which affords them any luxury they could crave. More articles like this and I won't need to buy tinfoil.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

It hurts my soul every day to think of what things could be like if we weren't held back by this handful of evil manipulative people that sow chaos where otherwise we might have peace, cooperation, empathy, unity, and strength.

“Do you now understand why Arab rulers kneel to Netanyahu and the Mossad?”

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sociopaths being sociopaths. Shame that they have power over all of us.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

Only as much as our society gives them. 🏴

[–] hark@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Of course, this clown is a puppet. He didn't get his position because he's a good leader, he got his position because he plays ball. Have fun blowing all those resources on "the line", ya stupid fuck, until it's your turn to be Saddam'd.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wait, who are they criticizing? bin Salman? Epstein? The New York Times?

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Do you now understand why Arab rulers kneel to Netanyahu and the Mossad?”

Is New York Times "Arab rulers"?

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So they are criticizing bin Salman? Because Epstein had his picture?

[–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Epstein had a very casual photo of the two of them together, almost like old buddies. That's the crucial bit I believe.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Foto with bin Salman? The guy who ordered journalist to be brutally murdered and dismembered? And people are now angry at bin Salman because of the photo? I'm still confused.

[–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

There are plenty of people who believe the propaganda that Bin Salman sells. This is much harder to refute, even for them.

[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Why am I not surprised?

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

Mohammed bin Salmon lol.

[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 days ago

He was Trump's +1

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