Prince Saud Al-Faisal also said that he lauds, on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, the great efforts and prudent leadership of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar and Chairman of the Arab summit in its previous session, adding that despite the circumstances that prevented the participation in person of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in this summit, but that does not affect his continuing keenness on the contribution with every possible and available effort to raise the level of joint Arab action, activate and push it in the direction that achieves the aspirations and hopes of the glorious Arab nation. "Every time the Arab leaders hold their usual annual meeting at this time, we'd all have the sense of hope mixed with anticipation about what results could get out of such meeting at its high level including the decisions that could put us on the road to solve our issues and our problems, especially the chronic ones such as the Palestinian issue, which remained and still remains the focus of our meetings, conferences throughout the past decades", Prince Saud Al-Faisal said. He pointed out that it is hurtful to see that the first issue of the Arabs with its complications and complexities are still at a standstill in terms of continuation of injustice and abuse against the Palestinian people, depriving them from practicing the most simplest of their basic human and political rights, including their legitimate right to establish their own viable independent State. In the time the Arabs manifested their seriousness and their genuine willingness to reach a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue and the entire Arab - Israeli conflict through the Arab peace initiative, Israel continues its flagrant challenges of the international legitimacy resolutions, puts obstacles and pursues policies that would thwart any serious attempt to achieve the desired goal of peace. --More 23:20 LOCAL TIME 20:20 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/763887