RIYADH: Peace and stability in the Middle East rest on a just solution to the Palestinian issue, Prince Turki Al-Faisal, former Saudi ambassador to the UK and US, has told a leading Washington foreign policy forum.
Addressing the annual Arab-US Policymakers Conference organized by the National Council on US-Arab Relations, the former intelligence chief said that recurring troubles have left the region in “a state of strategic confusion.”
In the Middle East, wars are becoming “almost normal in this conflict-thirsty region,” he said.
Highlighting Israel's “relentless and destructive response” to the Hamas Oct. 7 attacks, Prince Turki said that the resulting war “represents a political failure stemming from arrogance and unfounded convictions that led to ignoring the suffering endured by the besieged people of Gaza.”
These “delusions” also led Israel to misconstrue Arab overtures for peace, he added.
