Prince Naif defended the aid extended by Riyadh to families of Palestinians killed in the two-year-old uprising against Israeli occupation. "Saudi Arabia helps Palestinian families who lose their children or breadwinners" in the conflict with Israel, said the minister, who heads a Saudi committee for the support of Al-Quds intifada.
He dismissed what he said was a claim by the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv that he and Riyadh Governor Prince Salman, who heads another committee for support of the Palestinians, backed terrorism. "We have nothing to fear because Saudi Arabia provides aid to families of Palestinian victims of Israeli repression, chiefly families who lost their breadwinners," he said.
Prince Naif also revealed that Riyadh contributed "$80 billion toward the cost of the Gulf War," which led to the eviction of Iraqi occupation troops from Kuwait by a US-led coalition in February 1991. He did not give details.
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He dismissed what he said was a claim by the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv that he and Riyadh Governor Prince Salman, who heads another committee for support of the Palestinians, backed terrorism. "We have nothing to fear because Saudi Arabia provides aid to families of Palestinian victims of Israeli repression, chiefly families who lost their breadwinners," he said.
Prince Naif also revealed that Riyadh contributed "$80 billion toward the cost of the Gulf War," which led to the eviction of Iraqi occupation troops from Kuwait by a US-led coalition in February 1991. He did not give details.
Article reprinted courtesy of Arab News: http://www.arabnews.com