2023-10-19 03:51:46
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Social media pioneers circulated a video clip of the former head of Saudi intelligence and the former ambassador of the Kingdom to America, Prince Turki Al-Faisal, and what he said about the recent events in Gaza and the attack carried out by the Islamic Resistance Movement “Hamas” inside Israel on the 7th of This month, it was called the “Al-Aqsa Flood.”
Prince Turki Al-Faisal’s widely circulated statements, which a social media pioneer described as “balanced and fierce,” came during a speech he delivered at the Baker Institute for Public Policy on Tuesday, in which he said: “All militarily occupied peoples have the right to resist their occupation, even militarily. I do not support the military option in Palestine, I prefer the other option, civil rebellion and disobedience.
He continued, saying: “This brought down the British Empire in India and the Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe. Israel has overwhelming military superiority and we see before our eyes the destruction and genocide it is inflicting on the people of Gaza. I strongly condemn Hamas’ targeting of civilian targets of any age or gender of which it is accused. Such targeting lies.” Hamas’s claim to Islamic identity, Islam prohibits the killing of children, women and the elderly.
He added: “I also condemn Hamas for giving an excuse to the government of Israel, which is ostracized throughout the world, including half of the Israeli people, as fascist and criminal. I condemn Hamas for giving this (Israeli) government the excuse to ethnically cleanse Gaza of its citizens and bomb them to the point of annihilation.”
It is noteworthy that at least 3,478 people have been killed and more than 12,000 others injured in the Gaza Strip since October 7, according to a new statement issued by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, on Wednesday. The statement added that at least 471 people were killed, in addition to 28 critically injured people and 314 people with various injuries, in the bombing of Al-Ahly Baptist Hospital.
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