In Sunni eyes, the Shia not only dominate the oil-rich areas of Iran, Iraq, and the eastern region of Saudi Arabia, but are – through the actions of Hezbollah – attempting to usurp the role of “protector” of the central dream of all Arabs, the Palestinian cause. It is because the Saudi royal family derives its legitimacy from a strict form of Sunni Islam and doubts the loyalty of its Shia population that the Kingdom has turned on Hezbollah.
在逊尼派眼中，什叶派不仅控制着石油储量丰富的伊朗和伊拉克地区和沙特的东部地区，而且还通过真主党的行动试图篡夺巴勒斯坦事业，也就是所有阿拉伯人中心梦想的“保护者”角色。正是由于沙特皇室从逊尼派伊斯兰的严格形式中获得合法性并怀疑其什叶派人口的忠诚，因而沙特王国才反对真主党。