GCC in A letter to the top diplomat in Washington on Sunday condemned the Israeli finance minister’s controversial comments on existence of Palestinians.
GCC countries, in Letter to the United States Secretary of Anthony Blinken State, called on Washington “to assume its responsibilities in Respond to all actions and statements targeting the Palestinians people. “
message from six- Members of the foreign ministers of the GCC countries also named on United State ” play that it role in access a justA comprehensive and permanent solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Speaking earlier this month, Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the Palestinians were not into people, and the comments angered Arab states.
The US State Department said they did found Smotrich’s comments are not only inaccurate however also Very disturbing and dangerous.”
Smotrich is part of veteran Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu hard-right government that took office in December.
Ministers of the GCC countries also He denounced earlier Smotrich’s remarks calling for Palestinian town of Hawara in Erase the West Bank outAfter shooting two Israelis dead There by an alleged Hamas activist in February, Sarr’s remarks later back.
GCC countries and their foreign ministers met in Riyadh last The week, includes the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, which have normalized relations with Israel under the 2020 Abraham Accords drafted by the United States, as well as Saudi Arabia, which has not.
Violence escalated in Western Bank in The last months occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967.
On Tuesday, the State Department criticized A move by Israel parliament to cancel a part of A law that prevents Israelis from living in Regions of Evacuation of the West Bank in 2005, calling it “provocative” and in Direct contradiction of promises made to Washington at that time.
Blinken before a Senate committee, also Repeat the previous American retreat on Smotrich’s remarks about the Palestinians, saying they do not reflect American values.
