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Riyadh (AFP) – Saudi Arabia has criticized a controversial Israeli law "perpetuating racial discrimination" against Palestinians by defining the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people, media reports said. State
On Thursday, the organization of Jewish communities is also considered to be in the national interest and the Arabic language is degraded compared to an official language.
Citing a source from the Saudi Foreign Ministry, the Saudi official press agency said Friday and disapproves of "the new legislation that it says contradicts international law." The source calls on the international community to "face such a law and / or other Israeli attempts to perpetuate racial discrimination against the Palestinian people".
Saudi Arabia has stated that the adoption of the law would also be an obstacle to the end of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict of several decades.
Earlier this year, King Salman reaffirmed Saudi Arabia's "unwavering" support for the Palestinian cause, after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced a change in the country's approach . "have the right to have their own land."
Arab citizens make up about 17.5% of the population of over eight million Israel and have long complained of discrimination.
Israeli legislation has also been condemned by the six Gulf countries. Cooperation Council, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
The adoption of the law "reflects racism and discrimination against the Palestinian people," said GCC General Secretary Abdullatif al-Zayani. quoted by SPA,
Zayani accuses Israel of attempting to erase the Palestinians' national identity and deprive them of their legitimate civil and human rights to their occupied homeland.
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