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Saudi and UAE condemn Israel over Palestinian clashes at Al-Aqsa

8 May 2021, 3:34 PM  |
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The clashes at Islam's third holiest site and around east Jerusalem, which injured 205 Palestinians and 17 police officers, came amid mounting anger over the planned evictions

The clashes at Islam's third holiest site and around east Jerusalem, which injured 205 Palestinians and 17 police officers, came amid mounting anger over the planned evictions

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The clashes at Islam's third holiest site and around east Jerusalem, which injured 205 Palestinians and 17 police officers, came amid mounting anger over the planned evictions

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Saturday condemned Israel’s plans to evict Palestinians from homes on land claimed by Jewish settlers, following a night of violence in Jerusalem.

Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades towards rock-hurling Palestinian youth at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque late on Friday.

The clashes at Islam’s third holiest site and around east Jerusalem, which injured 205 Palestinians and 17 police officers, came amid mounting anger over the planned evictions.

“Saudi Arabia rejects Israel’s plans and measures to evict dozens of Palestinians from their homes in Jerusalem and impose Israeli sovereignty over them,” the kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement carried on Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya.

The UAE, which normalised relations with Israel last year,” strongly condemned” the clashes and the potential evictions, in a statement by the UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Khalifa al-Marar, and urged Israeli authorities to reduce tensions.

“The UAE the need for Israeli authorities to assume their responsibilities in line with international law to provide necessary protection to Palestinian citizens,” the statement, carried by state news agency WAM, read.

The UAE and Israel agreed to normalise ties last year as part of a US-brokered agreement.

Saudi Arabia, Islam’s birthplace, has long championed the Palestinian cause and shunned official contacts with Israel. Riyadh quietly acquiesced to the so-called Abraham Accords but stopped short of endorsing them.

In November, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled to Saudi Arabia and met its crown prince, in the first publicly confirmed visit there by an Israeli leader.

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