A senior Saudi royal has condemned Israel for its hypocritical stance on regional stability and nuclear non-proliferation.
Saudi Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud, former ambassador to the US and the UK, called on the Jewish state to join the Arab Peace Initiative if it was serious about stability in the region.
The initiative is a 10-point proposal, endorsed by the Arab League, which offers Israel a normalisation of relations with the Arab nations in return for a full withdrawal from territories including West Bank, Gaza, Golan Heights and Lebanon, a settlement of Palestinian refugees and the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Prince Turki had sharply criticised Israel last year for ‘colonising territories’ and building an ‘apartheid wall’ even as it continued to deny Palestinians their rights.
This year, the showdown took place during a question-and-answer segment of the final plenary session, titled ‘Militias, Missiles and Nuclear Proliferation’, of the 17th edition of the IISS Manama Dialogue at the Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay.
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