Saudi Arabia on Sunday (May 16) condemned Israel's "flagrant violations" of Palestinian rights and called for global action to end military operations.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip The Gaza Health Ministry says the death toll from Israeli strikes on a main thoroughfare in Gaza City has climbed to 33, including 12 women and eight children. It was the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers erupted nearly a week ago.
The Gaza Health Ministry says the death toll from Israeli strikes on a main thoroughfare in Gaza City has climbed to 33, including 12 women and eight children.
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Sunday discussed the ongoing efforts to calm tensions in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza and bring the current violence to an end, during call with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
Blinken “lamented the loss of Palestinian and Israeli lives and urged engagement to prevent a deepening of the crisis,” the State Department said, adding he also “expressed his belief that Palestinians and Israelis deserve equal measures of freedom, dignity, security, and prosperity.”
During the phone call, the two ministers reviewed the strategic relations between their two countries and ways to enhance them in all fields, the Kingdom’s foreign ministry said on Sunday.
Daily Monitor
Sunday May 16 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, attends a special cabinet meeting on the occasion of Jerusalem Day at the city s municipality building on May 9, 2021- while on the right is Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki. Clashes have repeatedly broken out over the past week in east Jerusalem s Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, fuelled by a years-long attempt by Jewish settlers to take over Palestinian homes. PHOTO/AFP
Summary
The deadly flare-up of violence between Israel and the Palestinians has embarrassed states which moved to normalise relations with the Jewish state Sudan, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.