Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Dividing The Land? Saudi FM: 'The two-state solution must return to the forefront'

Message to Israel? Saudi FM: The two-state solution must return to the forefront



Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud told Al Arabiya TV on Monday that there will be no solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Arab conflict without an independent Palestinian state.

“The two-state solution must return to the forefront,” he said, adding that "the solution to the Palestinian issue supports the stability of the region and the world."

Prince Faisal’s remarks follow a report on Sunday that the US had requested a pause in the discussions on normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia, a report which the US later denied.

A recent report indicated that the United States and Saudi Arabia have agreed on the broad outlines of a deal for Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel in exchange for concessions to the Palestinian Arabs.

As part of the process, The Wall Street Journal reported that Saudi Arabia is offering to resume financial support to the Palestinian Authority which it had frozen in 2021.

Later, however, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters that while US, Israeli and Saudi leaders have put many of the elements of a pathway to normalization on the table, there is still much work to do.

Saudi officials have repeatedly said that a Palestinian state with eastern Jerusalem as its capital is a prerequisite for Saudi Arabia normalizing ties with Israel.






2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Saudi Arabia's penalty for supporting a two state solution comes at the beginning of the tribulation. 666, fresh from confirming the covenant, will putsch the kingdom and take control of the oil wealth.

Anonymous said...

Now that the current POTUS has called for a two state solution I remember the previous POTUS doing the same via a UN Security Council resolution. Results US/UN become non-entities and 666 assumes full power going into the tribulation.