A Saudi Arabia prince who was additionally the nation’s former intelligence chief slammed each Hamas and Israel saying that there are “no heroes in this conflict, only victims”. Turki Al Faisal’s speech at US’ Rice University in Houston by which he cited the instance of India’s Independence motion was shared extensively on social media. The prince stated that each one occupied folks have a proper to withstand their occupation, even militarily. Turki Al Faisal led the Saudi intelligence company Al Mukhabarat Al ‘Ammah for twenty-four years and in addition served because the nation’s ambassador to London and the US.

“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 stated. The prince’s speech, unusually frank for a senior member of the Saudi royal household, was extensively acknowledged because the clearest indicator but of the Saudi Arabia management’s pondering on the scenario.

What Turki Al Faisal stated on Hamas?

Hamas’ acts went towards Islamic injunctions to not hurt civilians, he stated. The ex-diplomat and spy chief additionally accused Israel of “indiscriminate bombing of innocent Palestinian civilians in Gaza” and the “indiscriminate arrest of Palestinian children, women and men in the West Bank”.

What the Saudi Arabia prince stated on US and the nation’s media?

He took difficulty with the US media’s use of the phrase “unprovoked attack” saying, “What more provocation is required.. than what Israel has done to the Palestinian people for three-quarters of a century?”

“All militarily occupied people have a right to resist occupation”, he stated condemning Western politicians for “shedding tears when Israelis are killed by Palestinians”, however refusing to “even express sorrow when Israelis kill Palestinians”.