Saudi prince Turki al-Faisal, who was in Washington on Thursday, maintained that the Kingdom will not engage Israel until it leaves all land captured during the 1967 Six-Day War.
"King Abdullah's forthright initiative of 2002 laid the groundwork for an end to hostilities: if the Israelis withdraw from occupied lands, including East Jerusalem, to their pre-June 4, 1967 boundaries and address the refugee situation through mutual agreement, Saudi Arabia and the Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Conference will end all forms of hostilities and commence normal and peaceful relations with the State of Israel," he added.
Though Turki is not part of the Saudi government, he is likely to replace his brother, Saud al-Faisal, as foreign minister in due course.
Speaking at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace event, Turki emphasized that Saudi Arabia would refuse talks with Israel until it ends its illegal occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights.
"For us to take any steps toward any form of normalization with the Israeli State before these Arab lands have been returned to their rightful legitimate owners would undermine international law and turn a blind eye to immorality," he said.
The Saudi prince also questioned the legitimacy of the Israeli settlements on Palestinian lands. The settlements issues had resulted in a stalemate this week, after Both Israeli and Palestinian negotiators could not agree over the freeze of construction activity.
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A warmongering islamic speaking at the Carnegie Endowment for International PEACE, having just spent $50 Billion re-arming, and now threatening Israel(as if we gave a flying frog what the morons in arabia thought!)SICK!
The question I want answered is this: as the leftists have rendered Israel violable, where do they think THEY will go when - God forbid!! - there is no Israel as they have given it away??
This is a serious question! That kapo Rahm Emanuel made me SICK, crying at the Western Wall and insisting his son be Bar mitzvah'ed there! What he has done has ensured his grandson will NEVER see Jerusalem because HE is responsible(with others) for giving Israel away!!
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