Saudi Arabia affirmed its categorical rejection of remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about displacing Palestinians from their land, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries on Sunday (Feb 9) condemned remarks by Israel's prime minister who appeared to suggest in an interview that a Palestinian state could be established on Saudi territory.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he was committed to peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia and that he believed he would succeed in achieving that goal. "I think peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia is not only feasible, I think it's going to happen," Netanyahu told reporters in Washington.

Arab League and Saudi Arabia slam Netanyahu’s Palestinian state remarks, calling them a diversion from Gaza’s crisis. #Netanyahu #SaudiArabia

Saudi Arabia on Sunday (Feb 9) strongly condemned the recent statements of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had called for the displacement of Palestinians to the kingdom.

The Israeli prime minister's statement is the latest slap in the face of the normalisation process with Riyadh, which has just condemned a US proposal to displace Palestinians

Netanyahu suggested that Palestinians should establish their state in Saudi Arabia rather than in their own land - Anadolu Ajansı

The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, the first Gulf countries to normalize relations with Israel under the 2020 Abraham Accords, have condemned recent Israeli proposals to relocate Palestinians to Saudi Arabia.