Saudi Arabia reaffirms solidarity with Palestinians

Saudi Arabia reaffirmed its “firm support and full solidarity” with the Palestinian people at the UN on Thursday.The address at the UN was delivered by Manal Hassan Radwan, political coordinator of Saudi Arabia’s permanent delegation to the UN. She called for “the establishment of an independent and sovereign state (on) all of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967”. She highlighted the “destruction of Palestinian land, the destruction of thousands of houses, buildings and infrastructure, all the human and material damage inflicted on the Palestinian people for more than 70 years.” She said the half-century of occupation and decade of the Gaza blockade will not be forgotten for generations.“Saudi Arabia calls for the Palestinian cause and its legal, political and humanitarian rights… to be at the forefront of the international community’s concerns, with a view to the immediate implementation of all UN resolutions in this regard”. She called for immediate international protection for the Palestinians in the occupied territories.