Gaza: Saudi Arabia, India, Iceland back Palestinian State

Saudi Arabia, Iceland and India have renewed calls for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as the Gaza crisis remained a major issue at the 81st United Nations General Assembly.

According to United Nations, as reported by Daily Post, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud rejected attempts to displace Palestinians or alter the status of Palestinian land.

He said lasting peace required an independent Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

India’s Foreign Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, also said durable peace required a two-state solution.

Iceland’s Foreign Minister, Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for describing delegates who walked out during his UN speech as “moral cowards”.

“Moral cowards are those who refuse to sit down and negotiate just and lasting peace,” she said. “Those leaders who deny access to humanitarian aid for people in desperate need.”

Gunnarsdóttir also condemned civilian suffering in Gaza and settlement expansion in the West Bank, calling for a viable Palestinian state alongside Israel.