Published February 07,2024
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Palestine on Wednesday welcomed Saudi Arabia‘s stance in rejecting a normalization cope with Israel with out recognizing a Palestinian state on lands it had in 1967.
“We thank the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its firm position, and efforts to stand alongside the Palestinian people and their just cause,” mentioned Hussein al-Sheikh, secretary normal of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), in an announcement on his X account.
On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia introduced that it’ll not set up diplomatic relations with Israel till an impartial Palestinian state is established.
“There will be no diplomatic relations with Israel unless an independent Palestinian state is recognized on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, and that the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip stops,” a Saudi Foreign Ministry assertion mentioned.
The assertion got here after US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby mentioned the US administration has acquired “positive feedback” that Saudi Arabia and Israel are keen to proceed to have normalization discussions.
Israel has launched a lethal offensive on Gaza following an Oct. 7 assault by Hamas, killing not less than 27,585 Palestinians and injuring 66,978 others, whereas practically 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed within the Hamas assault.
The Israeli offensive has left 85% of Gaza‘s inhabitants internally displaced amid acute shortages of meals, clear water, and medication, whereas 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure has been broken or destroyed, in line with the UN.
Source: www.anews.com.tr