Geneva: The Saudi permanent representative to the United Nations and international organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Abdulmohsen bin Khothaila, strongly condemned the ongoing attacks and violations committed by Israel against the Palestinian people, highlighting the systematic targeting of civilians.
According to Saudi Press Agency, Ambassador bin Khothaila, in his speech before the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the human-rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, affirmed Saudi Arabia's rejection of Israel's 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 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 concluded his speech by emphasizing 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. Additionally, he affirmed the Kingdom's full solidarity with Syria-both its government and people-calling for respect for its sovereignty and an end to all violations threatening its security and stability.