The crown prince and prime minister of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salmansaid today that the only way to stop the war in the Strip Loop and achieving peace in the Middle East is through “the establishment of a Palestinian state independent.
“We are convinced that to achieve peace and stability a Palestinian State must be established“Bin Salman said in his opening speech at the Arab-Islamic summit which is celebrated in Riyadh with the participation of dozens of Arab heads of state and Muslim-majority countries.
Saudi Arabiaa staunch defender of the Palestinian cause, defends the two-state solution, which contemplates the creation of an independent Palestinian nation, as the main way to achieve peace, and insists on implementing this measure to stop the bloodshed that began a long time ago. month in the Gaza Strip.
In this sense, the president also urged to stop Israeli ground operations and bombings against the Palestinian enclave, the release of the more than 200 hostages captured by the Islamist group. Hamas and that mechanisms be implemented to increase the flow of humanitarian aid to Loop.
“We are facing a crisis that testifies to the failure of Security Council and of the UN”, lamented Bin Salman, who added that the “double standard“of the Western international community in the face of the relentless Israeli campaign in Gaza”does not allow us to achieve peace”.
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In this sense, he indicated that in the face of these adversities and the timid calls from the West to demand that Israel implement a ceasefire after more than a month of siege against the Gaza Strip “requires a collective effort”.
“We must work together to lift the blockade on Gaza“added the crown prince, who rejected the forced displacement of Gazans from the north of the enclave, where Israel has intensified its operations and forced the evacuation of more than one and a half million people.