After blocking an Arab foreign ministers’ planned visit to the occupied West Bank, Saudi Arabia has accused Israel of “extremism and rejection of peace.”
Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, the head of Saudi Arabia, made the remarks along with counterparts from Jordan, Egypt, and Bahrain at a joint press conference in Amman on Sunday.
The committee’s visit to the West Bank is embodied and confirmed by Israel’s refusal to support any serious efforts to [a]peer the path of peace,” according to Prince Faisal.
His remarks came after Israel blocked the Arab delegation’s meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. In response to Israel’s ongoing conflict with Gaza, the ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had planned the trip.
The West Bank’s airspace and borders are controlled by Israel, which announced on Friday that it would not grant visitor permission.
An Israeli official had stated that the Palestinian Authority intended to hold a provocative meeting of foreign ministers from Arab nations in Ramallah to discuss the promotion of the establishment of a Palestinian state, adding that Israel would “not cooperate” with the visit.
Prince Faisal’s visit to the West Bank would have been the first time a senior Saudi official had visited in recent memory.
Ayman Safadi, the country’s foreign minister, cited as another illustration of how Israel was “killing any chance of a just and comprehensive” Arab-Israeli settlement.
The issue of Palestinian statehood will be the subject of a global conference that France and Saudi Arabia will co-chair in New York on June 17 through June 20.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty stated that the conference would discuss security arrangements following the ceasefire in Gaza and reconstruction plans to prevent any Israeli moves to evict Palestinians.
Source: Aljazeera
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