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Shobokshi

lines on the record: 191
first: 1999-05-14
most recent: 2006-11-09
sittings or episodes: 23
sources: un-security-council

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“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reiterates its call on the international community to act quickly to put an end to acts of aggression against innocent Palestinians, as well as to revive the peace process in conformity with the Arab peace initiative and internationally binding resolutions. The Kingdom warns of the grave consequences that could result from assaults on the peace process. We also underscore the fact that it is necessary to urgently convene an international conference that includes all parties with a view to ending such horrible massacres and providing protection to the Palestinian people.”
2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564 (2006) · source
“Inaction by the international community and the fact that the Security Council has ignored the repeated massacres perpetrated by Israel and allowed acts of aggression and occupation to replace justice and rule of law, only serves to encourage Israel to deny the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination and to establish an independent State with East Jerusalem as its capital. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia strongly condemns the massacre perpetrated yesterday by Israel in Beit Hanoun, as well as others throughout occupied Palestine, which have led to the deaths and injury of dozens of women, children and other innocent civilians.”
2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564 (2006) · source
“Israel has created an atmosphere of death inside the occupied Palestinian territory. That has led many to equate the value of life and death, given that there are no prospects for the future to give Palestinians hope or an alternative to the peace process that has been aborted by successive Israeli Governments. Those with influence on the peace process have no interest in intervening to put an end to the bloodshed in occupied Palestinian territories. That bloodshed will lead to more violence, because all hope has disappeared from the lives of Palestinians. They have lost their livelihood and human dignity. All of that will only lead to generations filled with hate, desperation and the desire to avenge. Israel will be responsible for that.”
2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564 (2006) · source
“Even those few who have justified revenge as an act of deterrence have qualified that position by saying that revenge must be proportionate to the initial crime. The excessive and indiscriminate use of Israeli military power and the inhuman practices of the occupation forces fall under the category of repression and collective punishment against the Palestinian people, whose land is occupied and whose rights are usurped. Israel's barbaric attacks against Palestinian civilians, including the killing of women, children and the elderly, run counter to all international laws and norms and are clear and flagrant violations of international law and the relevant provisions of the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.”
2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564 (2006) · source
“Through the carnage it is wreaking in the Gaza Strip, Israel has again called attention to its bloody nature and inhuman approach. Yesterday, it carried out yet another massacre in Beit Hanoun, killing tens of civilians, most of whom were women and children. Israeli occupation forces fired 11 shells on 6 houses from tanks surrounding the city, from which they had withdrawn the day before yesterday. Those shells struck people while they slept, tearing them apart and mixing their blood with Palestinian soil. That barbaric Israeli attack cannot be justified as self-defence: it was unjustified revenge. Nowhere in the Charter of the United Nations is there a reference to revenge. This is an act of aggression that cannot be justified by international law.”
2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564 (2006) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me to join those who preceded me in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We are convinced that you will guide our work capably and wisely. We also wish to thank you and the Security Council for your prompt response to our call for a meeting. We commend your predecessor, the Ambassador of Japan, who skilfully and distinctively presided over the Council's work last month. The delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia associates itself with the statements made by the representatives of Qatar on behalf of the League of Arab States, Cuba on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, and Azerbaijan on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.”
2006-11-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5564 (2006) · source
“Based on Saudi Arabia's position of principle - solidarity with the legitimate national regimes of brotherly Lebanon and of occupied Palestine - we call upon the international community to shoulder its legal and humanitarian responsibilities, in order to put an end to the condemnable Israeli aggression, to protect the Lebanese people and their infrastructures and to support the efforts of the legitimate Government of Lebanon that are aimed at protecting the independence and sovereignty of Lebanon and its people and at extending its authority throughout the national territory. We also call for an end to the blockade imposed by Israel against the Palestinian people. We need to support the efforts of the National Authority to achieve their unity within the framework of national dialogue.”
2006-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5493Resumption1 (2006) · source
“Saudi Arabia firmly supports the Government of Lebanon and supports its efforts to uphold the interests and the sovereignty and independence of Lebanon, as well as its efforts to extend its authority throughout its territory. Our Kingdom also supports the Palestinian Authority in its efforts to control the situation and to uphold the unity of Palestine.”
2006-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5493Resumption1 (2006) · source
“Saudi Arabia condemns the war pursued by Israel and its premeditated and repeated destruction and its unlimited violations of human rights, with the express purpose of inflicting suffering on civilians without any regard for international law or human considerations. We issue a warning to the international community of the seriousness of the situation in the region and the fact that it is sliding towards a climate of war and a new circle of violence whose results will be difficult to predict, particularly given the failure of international action and of Israel's aggressive policies. Israel must bear responsibility for its barbaric acts and must undertake to compensate Lebanon for serious material damage caused by its aggression. This barbaric war is an extension of policies of occupation and hegemony as pursued by Israel in the region.”
2006-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5493Resumption1 (2006) · source
“All of this continues to be the very reason for the failure of the peace process in the past and in the present. The imbalances and biases with respect to the Israeli State and the failure to implement the road map set by the influential Powers and the Arab peace initiative have killed the peace process in the past and will kill it in future phases. Meetings and conferences, statements and promises are all in vain if they are aimed at just pretending to implement something without addressing the root causes, namely, occupation and repeated aggression by Israel against civilians and the destruction of their property and livelihoods.”
2006-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5493Resumption1 (2006) · source
“History will not pardon the international community for its failure to ensure justice for the Palestinian people and the people of Lebanon, for leaving any solutions to the conditions set by Israel and for erroneous arguments and pretexts put forward, and leaving the task to Israel to create peace as it sees it and according to its positions - not peace that is based on international law. This is not peace; it is surrender. Failure to use the criteria of justice, the passivity of the Council and its failure to assume its duties and responsibilities have allowed for the ongoing Israeli occupation and the expansion of Israeli settlements. Those failures have also allowed for addressing the Middle East question on the basis of Israeli interests.”
2006-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5493Resumption1 (2006) · source
“This runs contrary to the opinions of the International Court of Justice with respect to the basis of the legitimate right to self- defence and the conditions that justify such right. This principle is enshrined in international law, but it has been converted into an instrument to justify the aggression pursued by the Government of Israel. International disputes such as this one can be resolved not by sending in armies or firing rockets or bombing from the air, but instead by a commitment to implement the provisions of international law and the principles of justice and equity. It is urgent to end the illusion and arrogance of military power, of barbarous oppression, targeted killings and collective punishment in violation of international law and humanitarian norms and values.”
2006-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5493Resumption1 (2006) · source
“It is regrettable that, despite what has taken place in Lebanon - planned destruction, premeditated killings and planned sabotage - the Security Council has not yet found enough reasons to intervene, while its responsibility is to maintain international peace and security. Today's international relations are in a very dangerous state because of the primacy of the concept of use of force over law and human values and custom. That has taken us further from the rules of justice and equity and has enshrined a double-standard policy in political positions. It has also undermined the rules of international law in an effort to erroneously justify the legitimate right to self-defence that is set forth in the United Nations Charter.”
2006-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5493Resumption1 (2006) · source
“We agree with the briefing on the need to have the international community assume its role with courage and creativity in order to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian issue and also settle the root causes of the conflict in the region, namely, the lack of comprehensive and just peace. No one would doubt Israel's ability and skills at slapping together a pretext to justify pursuing its aggression and to cover its tracks, create chaos and expose the region to greater disruption and tension. This all-out war pursued by Israel against Lebanon and, earlier, against Gaza cannot be justified by Israel's pretext.”
2006-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5493Resumption1 (2006) · source
“I would also like to thank you, Sir, for convening this public meeting of the Council to once again consider the serious situation engulfing the occupied Palestinian territories and Lebanon as a result of the actions of the Israeli Government, its aggression, its intransigence and its insistence on continuing a policy that has led to much damage and destruction and has produced many dead, wounded and displaced persons. Yesterday we heard a briefing by the Secretary- General that focused on the need to end the aggression. We appreciate his efforts and those of his staff to bring about peace and security.”
2006-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5493Resumption1 (2006) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to wish you every success. We are convinced that, given your wisdom, qualities and abilities, you will guide the work of the Council to a successful conclusion. I should also like to thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of Denmark, for her wise and brilliant leadership of the Council in the month of June.”
2006-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5493Resumption1 (2006) · source
“In that way, the interests of the States of the region and of the world as a whole could be met through the implementation of the road map, in the framework of the Madrid Conference, the principle of land for peace and internally binding resolutions.”
2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source
“Israel must understand that it will pay the price if it refuses the opportunity of peace offered by the Arabs. Saudi Arabia calls on the international community and on regional and international players, especially the Quartet, to find a way of bringing about peace and security in the Middle East region, while implementing the peace process whereby the Arab States would guarantee Israel a full peace. Israel, for its part, must withdraw from all Arab territories occupied since June 1967; a Palestinian State, with Jerusalem as its capital, must be established; and a just solution to the problem of Palestinian refugees must be found.”
2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source
“Israel is clearly trying to put an end to the Palestinian question and unilaterally to establish a road map for the Jewish State, so as to drive the Palestinians to despair, provoking them to carry out acts of violence and then calling them terrorists. Blood and despair can never serve as the basis for good relations among peoples. Pictures of blood- soaked bodies and mutilated limbs among the rubble and bombed-out cars are testimony to the violence resulting from arrogance and the use of force. Israel has committed a great many injustices, forgetting that force belongs only to him who possesses it, that is to say, to God. Israel is strong because of the assistance it obtains and because of the use of double standards. No one could deny that injustice has been done and that justice will finally triumph.”
2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source
“It continues to flout the relevant Security Council resolutions and to perpetrate acts of aggression without regard for the repercussions of such violence, taking steps that give the impression that it believes itself above any criticism or condemnation. Israel is also trying to circumvent any party that might try to find a solution to the problem. It rejects all solutions and persists in finding pretexts to continue its occupation of Palestinian territories and to deny the Palestinian people their rights. The question has never been whether Israel is trying to find a peace partner or not. On the contrary, it destroys its partner - morally, politically and economically.”
2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source
“Indeed, all other ways have been refused them, their dignity has been violated and their rights flouted. Israel has always relied on its military superiority, because it is convinced that it is force and not justice that will resolve problems with Arabs and Palestinians in its favour. The paralysis of the international community with respect to putting an end to the Israeli occupation has enabled Israel to continue to hinder the peace process and to sidestep all of its commitments under fallacious pretexts. Thus Israel continues to annex territory and to change the latter's demographic character.”
2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source
“The occupation by Israel of Palestinian territories as well as the Syrian Golan and the Shaba'a Farms represents a flagrant violation of international law and a clear challenge to the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force and to the peace process begun in Madrid in 1991. Resort to violence and extremism has resulted in the marginalization of other parties that are attempting to deal with the situation. The bloodshed and violence between the two parties is driven by the Israelis' obsession with security and by Palestinian despair, so that for both parties the cycle of violence has become a fatal, infernal spiral. The continued Israeli occupation and the fact that the Israeli Government is evading its responsibilities and using excessive force is what is compelling Palestinians to commit suicide.”
2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. I am certain that your wisdom and experience will ensure the success of the Council's work. I should like also to thank your predecessor for the outstanding manner in which he led the work of the Council last month. The suffering of the Palestinian people is the tragic result of the failure to implement the relevant United Nations resolutions on the question of Palestine.”
2006-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5411 (2006) · source
“We call upon the Security Council to continue to work towards a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the question of Palestine in all its dimensions, in accordance with the Charter, the relevant United Nations resolutions, international humanitarian law, the road map and the Arab peace initiative.”
2005-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5230Resumption1 (2005) · source
“Unilateral disengagement from Gaza must not be a mere cloak for continued Israeli occupation of the other Palestinian lands, including East Jerusalem. Israeli withdrawal from Gaza must be followed by the start of final-status negotiations. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is greatly concerned at the suffering of the Palestinian people and at the fact that Palestinians and their cities are undergoing Israeli violence, aggression, human rights violations, violations of international resolutions and destruction of infrastructure. We call upon the international community to sound the alarm about these oppressive Israeli practices and to shoulder its political, moral and humanitarian responsibility in that regard.”
2005-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5230Resumption1 (2005) · source
“The international community, represented by the United Nations - and in particular by the Security Council - must endeavour to put pressure on Israel and oblige it to abide by the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice by halting the construction of the wall and dismantling the parts that have already been built. Israel's actions are contrary not only to international law and international humanitarian law, but also to the very spirit of our times, the principles of the Charter and humanitarian values that reject racism in all its forms, for Israel's building of the separation wall is a clear act of racism. We reaffirm that the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza must be comprehensive and complete. It must be followed by Israeli withdrawal from all the occupied Arab territories, including East Jerusalem.”
2005-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5230Resumption1 (2005) · source
“The separation wall has given a new dimension to the problem: it jeopardizes efforts to secure peace in the region; it could undermine the road map; and it is a major obstacle to the establishment of a viable Palestinian State living side by side with Israel in accordance with Security Council resolution 1397 (2002). The international community cannot shut its eyes or turn a deaf ear to the suffering of the Palestinian people. It must reaffirm its solidarity with the Palestinian people, which is sorely suffering under ugly colonization and unjust occupation.”
2005-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5230Resumption1 (2005) · source
“They will have to leave their jobs, their lands and their property because of the humiliating constraints that Israel imposes upon them. The Government of Israel is confiscating those lands and other property and is building new Israeli settlements, some of them very populous, in order to completely Judaize the land and strip Palestinians of all their rights, including basic human rights. The international community and all peace-loving people welcomed the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice and accepted its recommendations and conclusions.”
2005-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5230Resumption1 (2005) · source
“Israel has always defied the decisions of international legitimacy, and one year after the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, it has continued that defiance by deciding to accelerate the construction of the separation wall around Jerusalem with the purpose of completing the wall that Israel has been building for the past two years. The wall will annex more than 8 per cent of the West Bank and will isolate cities and villages. In the full view of the Security Council and on the pretext of security and self-defence considerations, Israel is continuing construction of the separation wall in total disregard for the Court's advisory opinion and in contempt of General Assembly resolution ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004. The wall's purpose is to eject the largest possible number of Palestinians.”
2005-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5230Resumption1 (2005) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): I wish to join other speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of July. We are confident that you will guide the work of the Council with great wisdom. We wish also to thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of France, for his wise conduct of the Council's work last month. Harsh - indeed unbearable - social and economic conditions continue to prevail in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem. That is a result of the escalation of violence and Israel's illegal policies and practices of oppression. Israel continues to set up checkpoints and turn them into border crossings and to expand its construction of illegal settlements.”
2005-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5230Resumption1 (2005) · source
“If the Council's negative and passive attitude can be relied on, it will do so until it has taken out the entire Palestinian leadership. We condemn the policy of assassination, which will lead only to further escalation and violence in the occupied Palestinian territories and presage disastrous consequences. We call on the international community to provide international protection for the Palestinians in facing Israeli terrorism. We must move seriously and immediately in the Council to deter and pressure Israel to respect international law and to resume negotiations to implement the agreement between the two parties, in accordance with the road map.”
2004-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4945 (2004) · source
“He fell victim to this unjustified, pointless act, which also claimed the lives of three Palestinians who were with him. How long will the Council remain powerless to condemn Israeli terrorism and to adopt a position reflecting the interests of justice and equality among peoples? Where is the justice in viewing extrajudicial killing as a right under the law of the jungle, while considering it terrorism and aggression when the victim rises up to defend himself and his right to liberate his own territory? How can we explain the passivity of the Security Council in the face of Israel's arrogance and defiance of all international laws, rules and conventions? We hear only meek voices here and there, whispering appeals and calling for the exercise of self- restraint. How long will Israel remain above the law?”
2004-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4945 (2004) · source
“Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and wish you success in leading the work of the Council to its desired outcome. I would also like to express similar appreciation and thanks to your predecessor, the Ambassador of France, for his efforts in conducting the business of the Council during the past month. Less than a month ago, the Security Council met to discuss the heinous crime committed by the Government of Israel when it assassinated Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and his comrades as they left the mosque in Gaza City. Because the Council did not condemn that terrorist act, Israel continued to kill, destroy and violate international law. It killed Mr. Abdel Aziz Al-Rantisi in an aerial attack against the car he was in.”
2004-04-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4945 (2004) · source
“The Council should shoulder its responsibility towards the Palestinian people by providing international protection and by putting an end to the senseless Israeli policy and its oppression of the Palestinian people. That oppression will only lead to a further deterioration of the situation and will be an impediment to any attempt to put an end to the bloody conflict in the region.”
2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source
“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expresses its grave concern and sadness over the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories that results from the continued Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people and the assassination of the martyred Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. That was a senseless act of aggression, which aimed first and foremost at killing international efforts to revive the peace process in the Middle East. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would like to associate itself with the international community in condemning this criminal act that runs counter to all international law and international humanitarian law. We call upon the international community, as represented by the Security Council, to share and shoulder the responsibility vis-a-vis the situation in the occupied Arab territories and the Palestinian territories.”
2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source
“International efforts to fight terrorism, no matter how effective, will not be able to eradicate that dangerous phenomenon without addressing its root causes and the conditions that lead to its prevalence. Those efforts will not succeed while the situation of people under occupation continues to deteriorate and the international community fails to find a just solution to occupation. The spiral of violence will not end as long as the international community fails to combine international political initiatives with serious work and as long as the Security Council remains unable to condemn Israeli terrorism. As long as there is occupation, there will be resistance.”
2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source
“All of this has distorted the principle of the self- determination of peoples and their right to resist occupation and to defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity, long consecrated in the United Nations Charter and since confirmed by resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly and by opinions of the International Court of Justice. The policy of prevarication and deception pursued by the Government of Israel, to which the majority of peace-loving Member States object, cannot be accepted or used as a way to settle international problems by means of armed forces, by bombarding with fighter jets and by attacking with missiles. We should seek solutions through commitment to the principles of international law and justice.”
2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source
“Such interpretations do not accord with opinions handed down by the International Court of Justice with regard to the fundamental principles of that right and the conditions under which it can be used by States collectively or individually to defend themselves. This principle is a key law of international relations, but it has been misused in an attempt to justify acts of aggression by the Israeli Government, which has no hesitation in carrying out its policy of killing, displacing or impoverishing the Palestinian people in full view of the entire world and in flagrant violation of international law and the principles of international humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and its two Additional Protocols of 1977.”
2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source
“The assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and his companions as they left a Gaza City mosque was one link in a chain of terrorist acts doggedly carried out by the Israeli Government, targeting and mercilessly assassinating Palestinian activists. Today, international relations are in a very grave situation because of the precedence being granted to the logic of force over law, and because of the lack of respect for international norms. This has led to total disregard for the norms of justice, to the consecration of the law of the jungle, to the adoption of double standards in political affairs, to the complete distortion of the norms of international law and to utterly strange interpretations of those norms. This gives rise to flawed, baseless explanations regarding the concept of self-defence as set out in the Charter.”
2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): I am gratified to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I wish you the best as you guide the work of the Council to a successful conclusion. I wish also to thank your predecessor, the Permanent Representative of China, for his distinguished work as President of the Council for the month of February. Hardly a day passes without our reading about the sanctity of the rule of law and its importance in civilized societies. Israel claims to be a State based on the rule of law, but we have seen that it is a State marked by hostility to international law and the norms of human society.”
2004-03-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4929 (2004) · source
“Saudi Arabia, while affirming its solidarity with the position of Syria - which has showed great restraint in the face of this aggression - calls upon the Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities for the maintenance of international peace and security by condemning the Israeli aggression and by putting an end to this organized State terrorism, to the inhumane practices of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people and to its aggression against Syria and Lebanon. In order to maintain peace and security in the region, it must not repeat its act of aggression.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“We agree with the statement made by the Secretary-General in which he denounced the Israeli aggression and warned against escalation in a region that is already extremely tense and against a rising danger that may be difficult to contain. We need to implement the road map through the Quartet's insistence on the implementation of all its provisions with due impartiality. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia denounces Israel's aggression against sisterly Syria. This aggression is a provocation that may undermine the peace process in the area. It threatens international and regional security and represents a dangerous deterioration of the situation in the region.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“Israel's violation of Lebanese and Syrian airspaces and its aggression against Syrian territory is a blatant contravention of international law and norms, confirming the aggressive, terrorist nature of the Israeli Government. The Israeli Government is resorting to every pretext to export its internal crises, terrorizing and intimidating the countries of the region and pursuing its continued aggression against the Palestinians and repressive practices in the occupied territories. The Israeli Government is trying to confuse everybody, wrecking havoc on the region and raising tensions in a very volatile situation.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): Ijoin with those who have congratulated you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for this month. We are optimistic that your wisdom and experience will help you in conducting the Council's business as we all would wish. I also extend appreciation and thanks to your predecessor, the Ambassador of the United Kingdom, for guiding the Council's work last month. Once again, Israel has affirmed its disregard for international law and norms. Once again, it has affirmed that it does not care about any agreement, convention or international legality. The Israeli air force has committed an unprovoked aggression against a civilian site in Syria that posed no threat or danger to anybody.”
2003-10-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4836 (2003) · source
“The international community in general, and the Quartet in particular, must implement the road map and must confront Israel's efforts to torpedo international peace efforts aimed at bringing about just and comprehensive peace to the region.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824Resumption1 (2003) · source
“History will not look kindly on the international community for not attempting to do justice to the Palestinian people, for leaving the solution to Israel's dictates, for being biased towards Israel and for allowing Israel to attempt to make peace according to its own vision and its own interests in defiance of judicial norms and the international community's demands. Israel has been and continues to be the genuine cause of the failure of the peace process. Bias towards Israel has undermined the peace process in the past and will cause its total collapse in the future if this situation prevails. The influential Powers are not playing the role of honest broker. Conferences and initiatives will lead nowhere if they give the impression that nothing can be done and that the road ahead is clear.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824Resumption1 (2003) · source
“This decision not only is in breach of international law and Security Council resolutions, but also is a new affront to the peace process and to the Quartet's efforts to implement the road map, and it may be the final nail in the coffin of the peace process. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, while it joins the international community in condemning this decision, calls upon all members of the international community- as represented by the Quartet - to move swiftly and decisively in the face of the Israeli policy aimed at denying the will of the Palestinian people and confiscating their land and legitimate institutions.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Various Palestinian factions made every effort and complied with a 50-day truce, until the Israeli Government violated that ceasefire by an aggression aimed at dragging the Palestinians into a new series of acts of violence, knowing that such aggression and the actions of the Palestinians would dash all hopes for peace as envisaged by the international community. The whole world condemned the decision of the Israeli Government to remove Yasser Arafat. The Government of Saudi Arabia has condemned this serious Israeli escalation, which could lead to an explosion of the situation in the region and to the total collapse of the peace process.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Mr. Shobokshi (Saudi Arabia) (spoke in Arabic): We congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency. We thank your predecessor for his remarkable stewardship of the Council. We also thank you for your response in convening this open meeting of the Security Council to consider the grave situation in the occupied Palestinian territories due to the continued aggression by the Government of Israel, its failure to carry out the commitments it has undertaken and its pursuit of policies inflicting open-ended destruction and forcing large number of Palestinians to leave their homeland because they find themselves living in intolerable conditions in their national territory. The Palestinian leadership has made every effort to implement the road map.”
2003-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4824Resumption1 (2003) · source
“Therefore, we demand that there be serious and effective action in the coming stage to reach an immediate and just solution to the Middle East problem and the occupied Arab territories on the basis of the Arab initiative anchored in the principle of land for peace, Israeli withdrawal from all occupied Arab territories and the establishment of a Palestinian State alongside Israel, with East Jerusalem its capital.”
2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source