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Ammon News - Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat on Thursday announced the launch of a new initiative to establish a Palestinian state and garner support for the implementation of a two-state solution after decades of international efforts failed, leading the region to the brink of an all-out war.

The Global Alliance for the Implementation of the two-state solution was unveiled during Prince Faisal bin Farhan’s speech at a meeting that included the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Norway.

Prince Faisal said the first meeting will be held in Riyadh. The EU foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, said the first follow-up meetings would also be held in Riyadh and Brussels.
Prince Faisal added that the initiative was a joint Arab and European effort. “We will make every effort to achieve a reliable and irreversible plan for just and comprehensive peace,” he said.

The Saudi foreign minister reaffirmed the need to move collectively to make decisions that will lead to tangible results towards an immediate ceasefire and implementing a two-state solution, “the foremost of which should be an independent Palestinian state.”

But Prince Faisal said the ongoing war has resulted in a devastating humanitarian catastrophe due to Israeli as well as Israeli crimes in the West Bank, Al-Aqsa Mosque and other Muslim and Christian holy sites.

However, Israel has shown no interest in doing so. An overwhelming majority of the Knesset voted against a two-state solution, while the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu consistently rejects committing to do so.

“The Kingdom will not stop its tireless work towards the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and we affirm that the Kingdom will not establish diplomatic relations with Israel without that,” MBS said during a speech to the advisory Shura Council.

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