The Saudi Ambassador to Jordan and Palestine, Naif Al-Sudairi, published a historical photo of the opening of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's consulate in East Jerusalem in 1947. Under the guidance of the late King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman in 1947, Uncle Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Sudairi oversaw the opening of the Saudi Consulate General in Jerusalem (Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood).
Al-Sudairi shared the photo in a post on the platform "X," stating: "By the direction of the late King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman in 1947, Uncle Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Sudairi oversaw the opening of the Saudi Consulate General in Jerusalem, Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood."
Saudi Ambassador to Jordan, Naif bin Bandar Al-Sudairi, presented his credentials as Ambassador to the Palestinian Authority, making him the first Saudi ambassador in occupied Palestine.
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The Lebanese-Saudi Friendship Association extended "greetings to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through its wise leadership, which commits to its declared historical positions and adopts sensitive issues related to the fate of all Arab countries without exception." They stated in a statement that "the appointment of Ambassador Naif bin Bandar Al-Sudairi as an extraordinary and non-resident ambassador to Palestine and Consul General in Jerusalem is one of the constants that the Kingdom has not wavered on and has not retreated from in the face of Zionist pressures and those equal to it in performance."
They added: "As Lebanese and owners of a crucial issue in the Middle East, which is the Palestinian cause, we demand that everyone, in light of settlements and solutions to international disputes under the leadership of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, abandon their destructive projects and join the path of settlements to lift the level of confrontation against anyone seeking to continue destroying Arab countries and draining them of their authenticity and the roots of their peoples, and rally around the Saudi leadership capable of extracting Lebanon from its crises if the Lebanese so wish. If the intent is not present among the Lebanese, neither the Kingdom nor anyone else is obliged to engage in the internal disputes that reek of corruption and selfishness and projects far removed from the Lebanese and their Arab surroundings."
They concluded: "The appointment of Ambassador Al-Sudairi as Consul in Jerusalem is a decisive affirmation of the capital of Palestine, whether some like it or not, from the owners of projects targeting the Kingdom through platforms whose mission is to launch empty rhetoric."
