Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has called for sanctions to be imposed on Israel and its officials over the occupation’s war crimes in the Gaza Strip, in the kingdom’s most open opposition to the Israeli offensive so far. Speaking on a panel at the European Council on Foreign Relations’ (ECFR) meeting in Spain’s capital Madrid this week, Saudi foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, stressed that Israeli forces are violating the “basic principles” of international humanitarian law every day in Gaza and highlighted how Western nations could easily impose measures to prevent such crimes form further taking place. “It would be very easy for Europe, in desire, to focus on humanitarian issues, to, at the very least, hold Israel accountable when it comes … Continue reading Saudi Arabia calls for Western nations to sanction Israel over Gaza war crimes