Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia strongly condemned the approval by the Israeli occupation authorities to construct settlements across the occupied metropolis of Jerusalem. In an announcement, the Kingdom denounced the Israeli overseas minister’s statements in opposition to the institution of a Palestinian state.
Saudi Arabia regarded these actions as violations of worldwide regulation, the inalienable proper of the Palestinian individuals to self-determination and the institution of their sovereign state, and related UN Safety Council resolutions, foremost amongst them Decision 2234 (2016). This decision calls for that Israel stop settlement actions within the occupied West Financial institution, together with East Jerusalem, affirms the illegality of Israel’s settlement development within the territory occupied since 1967, and refers back to the advisory opinion of the Worldwide Court docket of Justice affirming the invalidity of annexing the occupied Palestinian territories and the necessity to finish the Israeli occupation.
Saudi Arabia reaffirmed that these selections and statements are a continuation of the unlawful expansionist insurance policies of the Israeli authorities, obstructing the peace possibility and posing a severe menace to the potential for a two-state answer. “Israel’s habits requires the worldwide neighborhood to imagine its authorized and ethical duties to offer safety for the Palestinian individuals, meet their respectable rights—together with recognition of the Palestinian state—compel Israel to stop its aggression in opposition to Gaza, halt its unlawful violations within the occupied West Financial institution and East Jerusalem, and cease crimes in opposition to the Palestinian individuals, notably these amounting to genocide, whereas holding perpetrators accountable,” the assertion stated.
Saudi Arabia reiterated its unequivocal rejection of Israeli insurance policies primarily based on settlement, compelled displacement, and the deprivation of the Palestinian individuals of exercising their respectable rights. It referred to as on the worldwide neighborhood—particularly the everlasting members of the UN Safety Council—to take instant measures to compel the Israeli occupation authorities to halt their crimes in opposition to the Palestinian individuals and the occupied Palestinian territories, and to adjust to UN resolutions and worldwide regulation.