The Saudi royal family has long cast itself as the guardians of the Two Holy Sanctuaries.
The release of the images along with deluge of
reports of Saudi-Israeli normalisation have been taken as a rupture of one of the principle social pacts between the Saudi royal family and the general populace.
With Saudi authorities having previously arrested non-Muslims visiting the sanctuaries, social media users railed against the hypocrisy of the Saudi authorities as well as the insensitivity of the Israeli blogger.
Many voiced outrage and suggested that the images reflect the normalisation of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel.There has been no official reaction from Saudi Arabia to Tzion's posts.
The kingdom continues to deny any
official relations with Israel, despite the deluge of recent reports claiming rapprochement between the two states.
In the face of the continued expansion of illegal Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories and Saudi Arabia's assertion to lead both the Arab and Muslim worlds, the
reported rapprochement of the governments of Benyamin Netanyahu and Mohammad bin Salman seems to be gathering pace against a common Iranian foe.