Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is known as “MBS,” on Nov. 11 called on Israel to respect Iran’s sovereignty and refrain from attacking Iranian soil. He also stepped up criticism of Israeli action against Gaza, accusing it of “genocide.” MBS told leaders gathered in Riyadh on Nov. 11 for a joint meeting of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, that Saudi Arabia renewed “its condemnation and categorical rejection of the genocide committed by Israel against the brotherly Palestinian people, which has claimed the lives of 150,000 martyrs, wounded and missing, most of whom are women and children.”
“We affirm that Israel’s continued crimes against innocent people, its persistence in violating the sanctity of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and its detraction from the pivotal role of the Palestinian National Authority in all Palestinian territories will undermine the efforts aimed at obtaining the Palestinian people’s legitimate rights and establishing peace in the region,” the Crown Prince added.
