Riyadh, Doha slam Netanyahu’s remarks on Palestine

KABUL (Pajhwok): Saudi Arabia and Qatar have denounced Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s remarks about displacing Palestinians from their land, Anadolu news agency reported.

The Saudi Foreign Ministry reaffirmed its "categorical rejection" of such rhetoric, emphasising that "the Palestinian people have a right to their land, and they are not intruders or immigrants who can be expelled whenever the brutal Israeli occupation wishes."

In a statement, the ministry said: "This extremist, occupying mentality does not understand what the Palestinian land means to the brotherly people of Palestine." Israel did not think the Palestinian people deserved to live in the first place, it added.

The Qatari Foreign Ministry said in a separate statement that Netanyahu’s statements were “a flagrant violation of international law and a blatant infringement of the United Nations Charter.”

The ministry affirmed Qatar’s full solidarity with Saudi Arabia and reiterated its “categorical rejection of calls for the forced displacement of the brotherly Palestinian people.

According to reports, several Arab countries strongly condemned Netanyahu’s statement about the establishment of a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia.

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