The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia stressed that the Palestinian people have suffered longest in this world and the occupation of Palestine has been the longest in modern history. Saudi Arabia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Faisal bin Hassan Trad said in a speech before the Human Rights Council on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories that "The suffering of the Palestinian people - as a result of the continued Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and human rights violations - has exceeded sixty years." "Today, we are talking about the longest suffering still experienced in this world and the longest occupation recorded in modern history yet. Unfortunately, this suffering was not enough to convince the European Union and a number of other Western countries about the importance of article seven which addressed this important issue." Trad expressed strong condemnation of the decision of the European Union and some pro-Israel countries to talk about human rights in occupied Palestine under article four in the Human Rights Council. This decision reflects the continuous attempts to marginalize and minimize article seven on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. It also represents an open invitation to Israel's occupation authorities to continue violating the international law as if Israel enjoys immunity against the sanctions of international law. This unfortunately confirms the double standards when it comes to Israel. "In this regard, we stress once again that article seven is part and parcel of the agenda of both the General Assembly and its subsidiary bodies until the cessation of the occupation," Trad explained. He also pointed out that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will not accept in any way the marginalization of this article and these countries trying to marginalize it should fulfill with their duties and responsibilities according to the international laws to end the occupation and put an end to the policy of double standards. --More 18:03 LOCAL TIME 15:03 GMT تغريد
