Prince Faisal headed Saudi’s intel company for twenty-four years and likewise served as ambassador

New Delhi:

In highly effective remarks on the continuing warfare in Gaza, a Saudi Arabia prince, who was the nation’s former intelligence chief, has slammed each Hamas and Israel and stated there are “no heroes in this conflict, only victims”. Turki Al Faisal’s speech at a US college additionally mentions India when he cites the instance of the Independence motion for example of resisting occupation by way of civil disobedience.

A viral video of the tackle begins with the 78-year-old saying that each one occupied individuals have a proper to withstand their occupation, even militarily.

“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.

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Israel, he stated, has overwhelming army superiority and the world can see the devastation it’s inflicting in Gaza.

Hitting out at Hamas for the October 7 assaults that sparked the warfare, Faisal stated, “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,” he stated.

There are Islamic injunctions, he stated, towards the killing of harmless kids and girls and the aged, and towards desecration of locations of worship.

Hamas’ shock assaults on Israel cities and the brutal retaliation have claimed over 5,800 lives to this point, in keeping with UN estimates.

The Saudi prince slammed Hamas for “gifting the high moral ground to an Israeli government that is universally shunned”. “I condemn Hamas for giving this awful government the excuse to ethnically cleanse Gaza of its citizens and bombing them to oblivion,” he stated.

The Saudi prince additionally slammed Hamas for sabotaging Saudi Arabia’s try to succeed in a peaceable decision to the Palestine situation. Multiple consultants have stated the normalisation of Israel-Saudi Arabia relations, which was paused as a result of warfare in Gaza, was an important backdrop towards which Hamas deliberate its unprecedented assault.

The Saudi prince minced no phrases in his criticism of Israel for its counterstrike that focused harmless civilians in Gaza and West Bank. “Two wrongs don’t make a right,” he stated.

Countering the US media’s use of “unprovoked attack” to explain Hamas’ offensive in Israel, Faisal stated, “What more provocation is required to make it provoked than what Israel has done to the Palestinian people for three-quarters of a century?”

Flagging Israel’s alleged excesses in Palestine and the killing of civilians, he stated, “This bloodletting must stop.”

“I condemn Israel’s stealing of Palestinian lands,” he stated, additional accusing Tel Aviv of focused killings of Palestinians and jailing civilians.

The Saudi prince additionally hit out at Western politicians for “shedding tears” when Israelis are killed by Palestinians however “refusing to even express sorrow” when it is the opposite means round. “There are no heroes in this conflict, only victims,” he stated.

Faisal led the Saudi intelligence company Al Mukhabarat Al ‘Ammah for twenty-four years and likewise served because the nation’s ambassador to London and the US. While he doesn’t maintain any public workplace at this level, it’s unlikely that his remarks shouldn’t have the backing of Saudi management. Against this backdrop, the feedback are being seen as an articulation of Riyadh’s place on the continuing warfare.