VIENNA — Saudi Arabia strongly condemned the ongoing attacks and violations committed by Israel against the Palestinian people, especially the systematic targeting of civilians. This was stated by Ambassador Abdulmohsen bin Khothaila, Saudi permanent representative to the United Nations and international organizations in Geneva. In his speech at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, Bin Khothaila affirmed Saudi Arabia's rejection of Israel's recent establishment of an agency aimed at displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and the approval of the separation of 13 illegal settlement neighborhoods in the occupied West Bank. He considered these actions as blatant violations of international law and international humanitarian law. Bin Khothaila expressed the Kingdom's condemnation of Israel's bombing of Syrian territories, noting that the assaults pose a serious threat to the security and stability of Syria and the entire region. Moreover, he called on the international community to assume its responsibilities in putting an end to these violations and to work towards halting all Israeli military operations, whether in Palestinian or Syrian territories. The ambassador emphasized that peace can only be achieved when the Palestinian people obtain their legitimate rights, the foremost among them being the establishment of an independent state along the 1967 borders with east Jerusalem as its capital. He also affirmed the Kingdom's full solidarity with Syria — both its government and people — and called for respect for its sovereignty and an end to all violations threatening its security and stability.
