Israel "settlements (land grab) policy" casts serious doubts on Israels puported desire for PEACE: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal
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Reuters January 3, 2010, 6:14 am
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Saturday said Israel
was the world's "spoilt child" and got away with what Riyadh
said were violations of international law and war crimes
without punishment. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-
Faisal also urged countries to adopt "a firm and serious
stance to put an end to the policy of settlements in
occupied Palestinian territories and in Jerusalem."
"Not reaching solutions (for the Middle East conflict) is
(the result of) the special treatment Israel gets," he said
at a news conference with visiting Turkish counterpart Ahmet
Davutoglu. "When they violate international law, other
countries get punished but not Israel ... Israel has become
like the spoilt child of the international community.
"It (Israel) gets away with anything it does without
accountability or punishment," he added.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is backed by
Riyadh, has insisted Israel freeze Jewish settlement
building before peace talks for a Palestinian state in
territory Israel captured in a 1967 war resume. He has
rejected a temporary halt to construction ordered by
Netanyahu as insufficient.
Israel announced on Monday plans to build nearly 700 new
Jewish homes in areas of the occupied West Bank it considers
part of Jerusalem, prompting strong U.S. criticism implying
they could undermine peace talks.
Prince Saud said the policy of expanding settlements was "a
source of deep concern and condemnation for both us and the
international community."
"This policy casts doubts on the seriousness of (Israel's)
commitment to the peace process," Prince Saud said.
Saudi Arabia floated in 2002 an Arab peace plan that calls
for a complete Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and
East Jerusalem and a "fair" solution to the crisis of
Palestinian refugees in exchange for normalized ties with
the Arab world.
(Reporting by Souhail Karam)
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