Saudi Arabia decries Israeli attacks amid calls for ceasefire in Gaza, Lebanon

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11 November 2024 at 12:04 pm·1-min read

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has called for immediate ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon at a summit in Riyadh that has renewed calls for a Palestinian state, 11 November 2024.

Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler has called for immediate ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon at a joint Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit that has renewed calls for a Palestinian state.

Arab and Muslim leaders gathered in Riyadh on Monday, more than a year into the Israel-Hamas war and regional escalation, in what is seen as a chance to send a message to US president-elect Donald Trump.

Opening the summit, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the international community must "immediately halt the Israeli actions against our brothers in Palestine and Lebanon", condemning Israel's campaign in Gaza as "genocide".

Saudi Arabia "affirms its support for the brothers in Palestine and Lebanon to overcome the disastrous humanitarian consequences of the ongoing Israeli aggression," he said.

A draft resolution for the summit stresses "firm support" for "national rights" for the Palestinian people, "foremost among which is their right to freedom and to an independent, sovereign state".

Just hours earlier, newly appointed Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said it was not "realistic" to establish a Palestinian state, dismissing it as a "Hamas state".

"I don't think this position is realistic today and we must be realistic," Saar said in Jerusalem.

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Prince Mohammed also called on Israel not to attack Iran, highlighting improving ties between Saudi Arabia and its regional rival.

(With AFP)

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