Saudi Arabia straw Netanyahu’s proposal that he should host the Palestinian state | Gaza news
The kingdom reiterated that “the Palestinian people are entitled to their country” and cannot be “expelled”.
Saudi Arabia condemned the proposal of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the land of the kingdom is used to establish a Palestinian state.
In a statement on Sunday, the Saudi Foreign Ministry accused Netanyahu of trying to “draw attention” from the current “crimes” of Israel in Gaza, including “ethnic cleansing”.
“The kingdom confirms that the Palestinian people are entitled to their country, and they are not intruders or immigrants to it that can be expelled whenever the brutal Israeli occupation wants,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
#Statement | The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia appreciates the condemnation, disapproval and complete rejection that the Fraternal countries have announced on what Benjamin Netanyahu stated in connection with the displacement of the Palestinian people from their country and the kingdom price… pic.twitter.com/ebj2SVHX4W
– Foreign Ministry 🇸🇦 (@kamofaen) 9 February 2025
On Thursday, Netanyahu responded to the interlocutor on Israel’s channel 14, who wrongly said, saying “Saudi State” instead of “Palestinian State”.
“Saudis can create a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia; they have a lot of land there,” Netanyahu said.
The interlocutor replied that this was an idea worth exploring.
The exchange has attracted Angry reactions of Arab statesincluding Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq, as well as the Council for the Cooperation of the Sixth Gulf (GCC).
“These dangerous and irresponsible statements confirm the approach of Israeli occupation forces in their disrespect for international laws and contracts and contracts and sovereignty of the state,” said GCC Secretary General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry of Foreign Affairs thanked the “Fraternal Land” for denying Netanyahu’s remarks.
Discussions on the fate of Palestinians in Gaza have already been compensated A proposal for an earlier shock From the President of the United States, Donald Trump to “take over” and “his own” gauze, moving Palestine elsewhere in a move that would make ethnic cleansing. This proposal, in the midst of a fragile truck between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, was also rounded by Arab leaders.
Trump also said that Saudi Arabia will not require the formation of the Palestinian state as a prerequisite for normalizing relations with Israel, the claim has repeatedly denied Riyadh.
Israeli war against Gaza killed at least 61,700 Palestinians including About 18,000 childrenand destroyed most of the enclave infrastructure. More than Missing 14,000 more people And it is assumed to be dead.
The attack under the guidance of Hamas on Israel on October 7, launched by the war killed 1,139 people and seized more than 250 captives, tens of whom are still believed to be in the enclave.
