JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia has criticized the United Nations Security Council for not taking effective action to prevent the Israeli military aggression against Gaza. “The Security Council statement on Israel’s attack on the Gazans was not up to the expectations of its members and the stature of the international body,” said Abdullah Al-Muallami, the Kingdom’s per–manent representative to the UN.

Al-Muallami, who is also head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at the UN, said the Security Council state–ment had not denounced the Israeli aggression that killed over 160 Palestinians in four days.

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