Saudi official: Freeze settlements rather than impose sanction on Iran
A Saudi foreign policy official on Tuesday stressed Riyadh was not advocating military action against Iran but rather a linkage with the Middle East peace process as a faster and more effective means to ease tensions in the region.
"There is no point in our spending all our time on sanctions which will not have an effect in the short term. We need something more tangible," he said, asking not to be identified. "We need to do something on Israel and the Palestinians ... For instance, the US could get Israel to halt (Jewish) settlements" on the occupied West Bank, the official said. (AFP)
