Saudi Arabia today rejected Israel’s calls for peace between Israel and the Arab states. Rashad Pharaon, the new Saudi Arabian representative, replacing Ahmad Shukairy who was dismissed from his UN post by the Saudi Arabian Government a year ago, addressed the plenary session of the General Assembly.
He said that, while the Israel Government has called for peace, “Israel has shown no indication of any intention to abide by the resolutions of the United Nations and recognize the rights of the people of Palestine. There can be no peace in the Middle East until the Palestine problem is solved in accordance with the principles of law and justice.”
Salah El-Dine Tarazi, Syria’s permanent representative, addressing the Assembly yesterday, asserted that the solution of the “Palestine problem” is no longer a matter of “Arab-Israeli relations” but an issue concerning the “Arab people of Palestine.” It is up to the Arab people of Palestine, he said, to settle the issue. Declaring that the Arab people “had never bowed to the injustice committed against it” by what he called “Zionist imperialism,” he said: “No Arab government could allow a status quo based on injustice.”
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