Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the UK, Khalid bin Bender Al Saud, has called on US authorities to suspend arms exports to Israel unless more humanitarian aid begins to flow into the Gaza Strip.
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According to the ambassador, Saudi Arabia expects the United States to “keep its word” on the issue of the ultimatum presented to Israel, noting that no state in the world is capable of influencing the decisions of the Jewish state more than the United States.
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The ambassador added that, in his opinion, Israel’s actions are not moving closer to achieving peace and stability in the Middle East, but, on the contrary, are putting itself in even greater danger than in past decades.
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On Tuesday, the United States threatened Israel with an arms embargo if the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip was not resolved within the next month.
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US officials have expressed their concern over the growing humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave and demanded that Israel take urgent action to resolve the problem. Israel has been repeatedly accused of obstructing the delivery of humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip and imposing severe restrictions on their transportation. However, the Jewish state denies these claims, publishing reports according to which more than 900 thousand tons of humanitarian aid were brought into the Palestinian enclave in less than a year.
