Awwal 18, 1432 H / April 22, 2011, SPA -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia asserted that the Arab-Israeli conflict still overshadowed and dominated all the issues in the Middle East as there is no more influential regional conflict on the world peace. The problem is exacerbating due to the absence of the good will of the Israeli government, which instead of searching in earnest for peace, continues to acquire more of Palestinian territories and build illegal settlements, to create new facts on the ground and continue to kill Palestinians and seize their territories. In a speech on behalf of the Arab delegations to the UN before the Security Council session on the situation in the Middle East including the Palestinian question, Acting Chargé d'affaires of the Mission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations Omar bin Ali Al-Aiedi said that this meeting is held at a time when the Israeli government persists in its intransigence and continues its illegal settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem which is a problem that threatens to undermine the entire peace process because it undermines the prospects for a contiguous and viable Palestinian state in the future, making it difficult for any Palestinian government to be able to work effectively or persuade the Palestinians on the possibility of achieving peace at the time the sanctions are imposed unethically on the people living under occupation while the occupation authorities continue in their practices with no accountability. Al-Aiedi pointed out that peace is the only way to achieve security for Palestinians and Israelis alike, but we doubt the intentions of Israel due to its failure to provide any serious peace initiatives, stalling negotiations and relying on unilateral measures which will never bring peace. He added that it is high time for Israel to realize that it cannot continue to exempt itself from complying with the rules of international behavior based on the rules of international law. --More
