Israel is Stronly against it….
Hamas is Strongly against stepping out of the picture…..
There is NO country that will actually step in to STOP the Israeli attacks in Gaza….
The American President seems Stronly behind Israel….
Everybody except the Palestinian Authority and Hamas is in NYC at the UN…..
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French president Emmanuel Macron officially recognised a Palestinian state at the United Nations on Monday, spurring a wave of western moves to do the same despite fierce resistance from Israel and the US.
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Macron told a two-state solution conference he convened with Saudi Arabia that the war in Gaza should end and “the time has come to do justice for the Palestinian people”. “The time for peace has come, as we are just moments away from no longer being able to seize it,” he told the general assembly.
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Macron set out a plan for a UN-mandated international stabilisation force in postwar Gaza. He also called for Hamas-held hostages to be freed and for an end to “the bombings of Gaza, the massacres and the displacement”.
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The Palestinian Authority hailed France’s “historic and courageous” decision and its delegation gave him a standing ovation.
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Australia, Britain, Canada and Portugal also recognised a Palestinian state, raising pressure on Israel as it intensifies its war in Gaza. Monaco, Belgium, Andorra, Malta and Luxembourg then all recognised, bringing the total number of recognitions to three-quarters of UN membership.
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UN secretary general António Guterres said statehood was a “right, not a reward” for Palestinians. “Nothing can justify the horrific 7 October terror attacks by Hamas or the taking of hostages. And nothing can justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.”
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Israel and the US – its chief ally – boycotted the summit, which ended late on Monday.
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Arab and Muslim leaders are set to meet President Donald Trump in New York to discuss their separate plan for a stabilisation force in Gaza.
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Germany, Italy and Japan are among major US allies that declined to recognise a Palestinian state. Spain, Ireland and Norway gave recognition in May, with Sweden in 2014.
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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed not to allow a Palestinian state, saying “it will not happen”. Israeli UN ambassador Danny Danon said Israel “will take action” over the recognition announcements. “They are not promoting peace, they are supporting terrorism.”
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Donald Trump believed that recognising Palestinian statehood “is a reward to Hamas”, the White House said.
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The UK foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, urged Israel not to respond to the new recognitions by annexing parts of the West Bank, saying: “Settler expansion threatens the very viability of a Palestinian state.”
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Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas called on Hamas to surrender its weapons to his Palestinian Authority. Addressing the summit virtually after the US refused to allow him to attend, Abbas said: “We also condemn the killing and detention of civilians, including Hamas actions on October 7 2023.”
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The wave of recognition of a Palestinian state is historic but unlikely to immediately change the situation on the ground in Gaza, reports Agence France-Presse, which quoted the International Crisis Group’s Israel-Palestine project director, Max Rodenbeck, as saying: “Unless backed up by concrete measures, recognising Palestine as a state risks becoming a distraction from the reality, which is an accelerating erasure of Palestinian life in their homeland.”
With AFP and agencies
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Just to recap, the US and Israel boycotted today’s two-state conference at the UN. Israeli UN ambassador Danny Danon said Israel would discuss how to respond to the announcements of recognition after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to Israel next week.
“Those issues were supposed to be negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians in the future,” Danon told reporters ahead of the conference.
Netanyahu is scheduled to meet Donald Trump on 29 September in Washington before returning to Israel, as Reuters reports.
Netanyahu has rejected repeated calls to end Israel’s military offensive until Hamas is destroyed and has said a Palestinian state “will not happen”, calling recognition of statehood a “prize” for Hamas.
The US has told other countries that Palestinian recognition will create more problems, secretary of state Marco Rubio said this month.