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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Condemned Israel’s Occupation in Gaza, Calls it “Genocide”
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman condemns Israel’s occupation in Gaza, calls it “genocide”
By, Gulshan Parveen
State leaders met in Riyadh on November 11 for an Arab and Islamic summit on the situation in Gaza and Lebanon, with the aim of unifying visions and positions and following up on the outcomes of a similar joint summit held last year before the conflict in the region expanded.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman condemned Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza on Monday (Nov 11) while talking at an Arab and Muslim summit.
“The Kingdom renews its call and categorical rejection of the genocide committed by Israel against the brotherly Palestinian people,” he said.
State leaders met in Riyadh on November 11 for an Arab and Islamic summit on the situation in Gaza and Lebanon, with the aim of unifying visions and positions and following up on the outcomes of a similar joint summit held last year before the conflict in the region expanded.
Late in October, the Saudi Foreign Minister called for an immediate ceasefire during a ‘Global Alliance’ meeting that was held in Riyadh in a push for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In September, the crown prince said that Saudi would not recognise Israel unless a Palestinian state was created.
Soon after attending the summit, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit spoke to the media and said the freezing of Israel’s UN membership might happen soon.
“I trust that a lot of states will support freezing the membership. This freezing is not under the U.N. Security Council’s vision, meaning the UNSC is the only party concerned with expelling and joining members but we are not speaking about expelling or joining, we are talking about freezing. Accordingly, we might witness soon the freezing of the membership through a UNGA majority vote. Accordingly, it is a step that puts things in the right place,” Aboul Gheit said.
“To be quite honest, the two-state solution was dying a slow death and with the conflict in Gaza and the activities of Israel in the West Bank that death was accelerating,” he further added.
Gaza’s war has kindled wider conflict in the West Asia, with Israel bombing Lebanon and sending forces into its south to disable Iran-backed Hezbollah, a Hamas ally.
