Palestinian minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash praised Saudi Arabia's positions supportive of the Palestinian people, their fair cause and demand to establish an independent state with Al-Quds as capital. In a press statement, the minister said the King, government and people of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were providing unselective constant support for the Palestinian people over history, citing the hosting of families of martyrs and the injured to perform Hajj. He confirmed that the positions of Saudi Arabia towards Al-Quds, were always firm and historic since the days of late founder of the country: King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud.
