Turki Al Faisal, a former senior authorities official of Saudi Arabia who as soon as headed the Kingdom’s intelligence unit, made a reference to India’s Independence motion throughout his tackle the present Israel-Hamas struggle in Gaza.

In an handle on the Baker Institute within the United States earlier this week, Faisal might be heard condemning each Israel and Hamas, whereas noting suggesting that the best way ahead for the Palestinian trigger needs to be via the best way of civil disobedience that introduced down the British empire in India.

“I do not support the military option in Palestine. I prefer the other option: civil insurrection and disobedience. It brought down the British empire in India and the Soviet empire in eastern Europe,” he mentioned.

Hamas fighters, in a number of raids carried out within the early hours of October 7 in southern Israel, ended up killing scores of Israeli solders. Their assault, condemned as “terrorist assault” by a number of world leaders, additionally led to the demise of civilians.

“I categorically condemn Hamas’ targeting of civilian targets of any age or gender as it is accused of. Such targeting belies Hamas’ claims to an Islamic identity,” Faisal mentioned, including that Islam prohibits the focusing on of harmless civilians, kids, girls and aged even in a state of struggle.

The assault by Hamas has given “the high moral ground to an Israeli government that is universally shunned”, the Saudi prince mentioned, including that it has additionally given this Israeli authorities “the excuse to ethnically cleanse Gaza of its residents and bombing them to oblivion”.

Furthermore, Faisal claimed that the Hamas assault has additionally sabotaged Saudi Arabia’s try to maneuver in the direction of a peaceable decision of the Israel-Palestine row.

The Saudi chief, nevertheless, minced no phrases in condemning the West for saying that the Hamas assault was completely unprovoked. “What more provocation is required to make it provoked than what Israel has done to the Palestinian people for three-quarters of a century?” he mentioned, including that Israeli forces have been killings Palestinians in a focused method, jailing civilians and stealing Palestinian lands.