Israeli officials have suggested the establishment of a Palestinian state on Saudi territory. Netanyahu appeared to be joking on Thursday when he responded to an interviewer on pro-Netanyahu Channel 14 who mistakenly said "Saudi state" instead of "Palestinian state" before correcting himself.
Showing solidarity with Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait both rejected the proposal and issued statements in support of the kingdom’s sovereignty, reports Al Jazeera.
“The Foreign Ministry expresses Iraq’s full solidarity with Saudi Arabia and affirms its firm position in supporting the security, stability, and sovereignty of countries,” the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated.
Kuwait denounced “any attempts to displace the brotherly Palestinian people” and praised “all the efforts made by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other countries to restore all the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people”, its foreign ministry stated.
Earlier, Saudi Arabia affirmed its categorical rejection of remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about displacing Palestinians from their land, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
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