The author of "Oil and Blood" tweets in Arabic on the authority of Muhammad bin Salman

The eighth newsletter - your publication (2/9/2020) monitored the tweeters' reactions about the book, between those who cited its contents for criticizing the Saudi Crown Prince, and those who disbelieved what was contained in it, citing official records of government agencies and press leaks.

Bradley Hope, one of the book's authors, published on his Twitter account, a series of tweets in Arabic, coinciding with the release of the book - which ranked first in the list of best-selling books for the Arab Gulf region on Amazon - and wrote in his most important tweets, "More than 3 years ago, Justin Cheek and I started By publishing articles on bold economic changes during the reign of King Salman and his son Mohammed bin Salman.

"Our book, Blood and Oil, talks about the rise of Mohammed bin Salman to power and the storm of his activities during the first five years of this ascent. He is not like anyone else in Saudi history. He is a young man obsessed with technology and a ruler who focuses his attention on business with an obsession in his work schedule and with attention to detail."

He added in another tweet, “He also showed himself to be sensitive to criticism and insults, strict toward dissidents, and he measured against members of his family, and Muhammad bin Salman watched the Arab Spring, and saw how his counterparts were frustrated with their ossified rulers. And he saw this recipe for resentment, at a time when the last. The House of Saud wants it is for people to start pushing for political change.

He continues his narration, “So, Mohammed bin Salman gave people new freedoms on the one hand, and severely repressed his critics on the other hand, and these impressions are a simplification of the reality that our book shows that the organization that Muhammad bin Salman followed was necessary to maintain the rule of the House of Saud, be it by welcoming entertainment Al-Gharbi, or by suppressing members of his family, entering a war, or kidnapping his critics?

"The assassination of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents was a pivotal moment when years of praise were ignited by world leaders from the flame of world leaders. Jamal was such a complex figure that, after he had exiled himself to Washington, he sought funds to establish an advocacy think tank." To the regime in Saudi Arabia. "

He highlighted the relationship between bin Salman and the US administration, saying, “What many did not realize is that bin Salman is linked to global finance as the largest investor in technology and infrastructure in the world, and he is also linked to the agenda of US President Donald Trump’s administration to an extent that cannot be removed, at a time when we do not find any His rival is waiting in the wings. "

For his part, journalist Zaid Binyamin summarized some of the files presented by the book Blood and Oil, in a series of tweets in which he wrote: “The Book of Blood and Oil: Planning for the Qatar Crisis Starting 3 months before the crisis on March 22, 2017 and developed by a Saudi strategist named Abdul Aziz Al-Otaibi working in The Saudi embassy in Washington, through a focused media campaign for a period of 3 months, which will start in June after the end of Trump's visit.

And he continued in a second tweet, "The Book of Blood and Oil: The Emirati leadership found an opportunity in 2017 after it found that it had allies to launch the crisis with Qatar and make life difficult for the Qataris so that Doha would agree to their conditions, but the crisis rebounded on them after Qatar decided to confront."

And in another tweet by Benjamin, "The Book of Blood and Oil: Failure to Plan the Crisis with Qatar" prompted Steve Bannon to ask Tahnoon bin Zayed to present a list of demands to Qatar so that the crisis "has credibility", telling him, "You have to present something, what are your demands ?!"

The singer Anas Al-Hajj considered that the book chronicles a stage he described as dangerous in Saudi history, so he said, "The book on blood and oil chronicles a very dangerous stage in the history of Saudi Arabia. The steps taken by bin Salman to reach power may be paid for by all the peoples of the region."

On the other hand, Iyad Salman lied the book, and considered bin Salman an exceptional figure, so he wrote, "The Book of Blood and Oil was composed by falsification and spreading lies in the meanings of the great Muhammad bin Salman, who led Saudi Arabia to the largest historical deals, and he is the world’s personality."