Saudi Arabia condemns Israel’s bid to build over 1,000 settlements in West Bank

A general view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP)

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Saturday condemnation a decision by the Israeli occupation authorities to publish bids to build settlement units during the current week inside the occupied Palestinian territories.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs “expressed the Kingdom’s denunciation of this decision, which is a continuation of the flagrant violations committed by the occupation authorities,” it said in a statement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government has authorized construction bids for more than 1,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The move comes days after the Knesset voted to annul part of a law banning Israelis from living in areas of the occupied West Bank evacuated in 2005.
Saudi Arabia called on the international community to assume its responsibilities to end the Israeli occupation and stop its provocative practices, which would obstruct the paths of political solutions and undermine international peace efforts.