Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan leading the “International Alliance to Implement the Two-State Solution” conference (Photo: Saudi Foreign Ministry)
The “International Alliance to Implement the Two-State Solution” held its inaugural meeting on Wednesday in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.
Founded by the Saudi Kingdom, the alliance includes over 90 governments and international organizations.
During the meeting, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said that “a genocide is happening with the goal of evicting the Palestinian people from their land, which Saudi Arabia rejects.”
Bin Farhan has also said that “implementing the two-state solution is the best solution to break the cycle of conflict and suffering, and enforce a new reality in which the entire region, including Israel, enjoys security and coexistence.”
While announcing the founding of the organization last month, as government officials from around the world gathered in New York for a UN meeting, Faisal similarly condemned Israel’s actions in both Gaza and Lebanon.
Bin Farhan acknowledges Israel’s “right to self-defense,” but added that this right “cannot justify the killing of tens of thousands of civilians, systematic destruction, forced displacement, the use of starvation as a weapon of war, incitement to hatred, dehumanization, or the use of systematic torture, including sexual violence and other documented crimes according to United Nations reports.”
“We are witnessing a dangerous regional escalation that affects our brotherly nation of Lebanon and threatens to ignite a regional war that endangers our region and the entire world,” he said.
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He also called on “all nations” to recognize a Palestinian state.
“We commend the countries that have recently recognized Palestine, and we call on all nations to show courage and take the same step, joining the international consensus represented by the 149 countries that have already recognized Palestine,” bin Farhan said.
