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SvennoJ on 09 February 2025
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Saudi Arabia condemns Netanyahu’s comments on Palestinians’ displacement

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement rejecting Netanyahu’s suggestion and thanking the Arab countries for their condemnation of the Israeli prime minister’s comments.

The ministry said it rejected statements “that aim to divert attention from the continuous crimes committed by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian brothers in Gaza, including the ethnic cleansing they are subjected to”.

It added, “The kingdom affirms that the Palestinian people have a right to their land, and they are not intruders or immigrants to it who can be expelled whenever the brutal Israeli occupation wishes.”



Jordan slams Netanyahu’s Saudi comments

Foreign Ministry spokesman Sufian Qudah called the Israeli leader’s comments a “flagrant violation of international law” and affirmed Jordan’s “full support and solidarity with” Saudi Arabia. He called Netanyahu’s statements “aggressive” and “provocative”.

“The Israeli government will not succeed in covering up the fact that the continued occupation and violation of the rights of the Palestinian people are the basis of the conflict in the region,” Qudah added.

Egypt and Palestine have also decried the suggestion.


GCC decries Netanyahu’s comments on Saudi Arabia

The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council has “condemned in the strongest terms” the Israeli prime minister’s comment on the establishment of a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia.

Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi said in a statement that “these dangerous and irresponsible statements confirm the approach of the Israeli occupation forces in their disrespect for international and UN laws and treaties and the sovereignty of states”.

He affirmed the “firm and steadfast position of the Kingdom and the GCC countries to support the Palestinian people in obtaining their legitimate rights”, the necessity of achieving a two-state solution and establishing an independent Palestinian state with occupied East Jerusalem as its capital.

The official also renewed his call on the international community to “stand seriously and decisively against these aggressive Israeli statements, which pose a threat and danger to the security and stability of the region and the world as a whole”.


Iraq, Kuwait reject Netanyahu’s comments on Saudi Arabia

More regional states have come out to condemn the Israeli prime minister’s comments on the establishment of a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia.

Iraq and Kuwait both rejected the proposal and issued statements in support of the kingdom’s sovereignty.

“The Foreign Ministry expresses Iraq’s full solidarity with Saudi Arabia and affirms its firm position in supporting the security, stability, and sovereignty of countries,” the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated.

Kuwait denounced “any attempts to displace the brotherly Palestinian people” and praised “all the efforts made by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other countries to restore all the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people”, its Foreign Ministry stated.


Qatar condemns Netanyahu’s Saudi Arabia comments

The Qatari Foreign Ministry has condemned “provocative statements” made by the Israeli prime minister about establishing a Palestinian state on Saudi territory.

The Gulf state considers the comments a “blatant violation of international law and a clear breach of the United Nations Charter” and calls on the international community to firmly confront Israeli provocations, the ministry said in a statement.

Qatar said calls for the forced displacement of Palestinians “would obstruct peace efforts and further escalate tensions in the region” and emphasised that a “just and sustainable peace cannot be achieved without enabling the Palestinian people to exercise sovereignty over their land”.

“Furthermore, the Ministry reaffirms the steadfast position of the State of Qatar in supporting the legitimacy and justness of the Palestinian cause and the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people, including the establishment of their independent state within the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”

Israeli officials have suggested the establishment of a Palestinian state on Saudi territory. Netanyahu appeared to be joking on Thursday when he responded to an interviewer on Channel 14 who mistakenly said “Saudi state” instead of “Palestinian state”, before correcting himself.