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His family was influenced by and supported the [[Wahhabi]] movement, an [[Islamic]] movement named after [[Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab]]. In 1924 ibn Saud conquered [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]], taking away the Muslim holy cities from the [[Hashemite dynasty]] which had controlled the cities for more than 700 years.
His family was influenced by and supported the [[Wahhabi]] movement, an [[Islamic]] movement named after [[Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab]]. In 1924 ibn Saud conquered [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]], taking away the Muslim holy cities from the [[Hashemite dynasty]] which had controlled the cities for more than 700 years.
In 1939, Ibn Saud, sent a special envoy, Khalid al-Hud, to meet with [[Hitler]], where Hitler stated that one of the reasons [[Nazi]] Germany had an interest in the Arabs was because they were "jointly fighting the Jews".
In 1939, Ibn Saud, sent a special envoy, Khalid al-Hud, to meet with [[Hitler]],<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52315391 22 Jun 1930. ARAB ENVOY TO HITLER] "Good Friends of
England"</ref><ref>
[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/jweekly/1956/08/03/article/3 Saudi Arabia Plot With Hitler Revealed — J. Jewish News of Northern California, 3 August 1956]</ref><ref>Karsh, E. (2010). ''Palestine Betrayed''. United States: Yale University Press. p. 1939 [https://books.google.com/books?id=2oVyDp_OAx4C&pg=PA1939]</ref>
(after meeting [[Ribbentrop]]<ref>
Herf, J. (2009). ''Nazi Propaganda for the Arab World''. United States: Yale University Press, p. 34.
[https://books.google.com/books?id=YzQNSTvHv-sC&pg=PA34]</ref>), where Hitler stated that one of the reasons [[Nazi]] Germany had an interest in the Arabs was because they were "jointly fighting the Jews".
When the [[Yalta conference]] ended in 1945, U.S. President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] met with Ibn Saud in [[Egypt]]. Ibn Saud had only one thing on his mind, [[Palestine]]. At this visit, according to President Roosevelt's own account, Roosevelt assured him that "no decision would be taken with regard to the basic situation in that country (Palestine) without full consultation with both [[Arabs]] and [[Jews]]." He assured Ibn Saud that "I would take no action in my capacity as Chief of the Executive branch of the government, which might prove hostile to the Arab people." <ref>''New York Times'', October 19, 1945.</ref>
When the [[Yalta conference]] ended in 1945, U.S. President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] met with Ibn Saud in [[Egypt]]. Ibn Saud had only one thing on his mind, [[Palestine]]. At this visit, according to President Roosevelt's own account, Roosevelt assured him that "no decision would be taken with regard to the basic situation in that country (Palestine) without full consultation with both [[Arabs]] and [[Jews]]." He assured Ibn Saud that "I would take no action in my capacity as Chief of the Executive branch of the government, which might prove hostile to the Arab people." <ref>''New York Times'', October 19, 1945.</ref>