Saudi Arabia condemns Israel’s decision to confiscate UNRWA headquarters

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia condemned the illegal decision by the Israeli authorities to seize the land housing of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in East Jerusalem and to transform the site into a colonial outpost.

In a statement issued on Sunday, the Saudi foreign ministry called the move illegal and reiterated the Kingdom’s rejection of the “blatant Israeli violations of international laws and resolutions without deterrence, and its systematic political and military targeting of the UN agencies, its aid organizations and workers.”
It stressed the Kingdom’s support for UNRWA’s humanitarian mission to provide relief to Palestinian refugees.
Israel’s Land Authority was reportedly in the preparatory stages of a plan to confiscate UNRWA’s site and build 1,440 settlement units.