Shafaqna English- Saudi envoy on Monday (27 Oct 2025) called on the UN Security Council to take decisive action to end Israeli settlement activity, end the Gaza siege, and protect holy sites.
Speaking during a meeting of the council on the latest developments in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the UN, Abdulaziz Alwasil, said the Kingdom “reiterates its firm position towards the Palestinian people and their just cause,” and asked for renewed efforts to achieve a comprehensive and just peace.
“As a result of the unprecedented suffering to which the Palestinian people have been subjected in the Gaza Strip, the Kingdom has intensified its efforts to restore normalcy, begin reconstruction, and enable the people to live in dignity in their land.”
“The Kingdom condemns the Israeli Knesset’s preliminary approval of two bills that aim to impose Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank and to legalize Israeli sovereignty over an illegal colonial settlement,” Alwasil continued.
He reaffirmed Saudi Arabia’s “complete rejection of all settlement and expansionist violations adopted by the Israeli occupation authorities.”
He urged the Security Council to “assume its responsibility for the implementation of relevant resolutions” to help “end settlement activity, lift the blockade on Gaza, ensure full protection of the holy sites in Al-Quds Al-Sharif, and prevent any unilateral actions aimed at altering the identity of Palestinian territory.”