Ah, makes more sense.
I am not a small guy, no. But I was a pilot and am not as big as a burly ground crew guy, for example.
Two things: one, yes they hate Jewish people. But they tolerate openly Jewish people in Saudi more than openly Christian people (I suppose) because Jewish people do not evangelize.
I also was dealing with air force people. These are upper class, intelligent sorts, that spend a lot of time in the USA and abroad. Generally not religious and get more open news sources.
There you go. Most probable reason.