Saudi Prince accuses Israel of holding Palestinians in 'concentration camps'

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Turki al-Faisal has suggested Israel is holding Palestinians “in concentration camps under the flimsiest of security accusations.”

In comments aimed at dampening hopes of a peace deal with Israel, Prince Turki, a former head of intelligence, also said his country’s historic enemy was the “last western colonising power in the Middle East.”

Speaking earlier this month the Saudi prince insisted “young and old, women and men” were “rotting without recourse to justice” in camps.

Reports claim the comments were made at a meeting alongside Israeli and Bahraini foreign ministers.