US EditionFrance Calls on the EU to Pressure Israel to Come to the Table on Palestinian Two-State Solution
- At the United Nations in New York, a conference on the Implementation of the Two-State Solution begins with broad international participation, aiming to revive Palestinian statehood efforts.
- With the conflict still raging, organizers seek to revive peace talks after a 22-month war in Gaza, amid a June postponement, without specific details on the event.
- In an interview published on Sunday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said he expects Arab countries to condemn Hamas and call for its disarmament during the conference presided over by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on implementing the Two-State Solution with broad international participation.
- Despite calls for unity, the United States and Israel are boycotting the conference, and the UK, Germany, Italy, and Australia declined to support Macron's plan.
- Organizers confirmed that the summit aims to produce an action-oriented outcome document with concrete steps toward a two-state solution, and 'never been so threatened, or so necessary,' French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said.
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"No Alternative" To Two-State Solution For Israel, Palestinians: France
There is no alternative to a two-state solution between Israelis and the Palestinians, France told a UN conference co-chaired with Saudi Arabia Monday that was boycotted by Israel and branded a stunt by Washington.
Israel and U.S. boycott long-awaited UN summit in support of two-state solution
Foreign ministers from co-chairs, Saudi Arabia and France, urged support for the establishment of a Palestinian state, while the Palestinian PM called for Hamas to disarm and release the Israeli hostages it is holding in Gaza
State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said today that the United Nations is hosting an "unproductive and ill-timed conference on the two-state solution" between Israel and Palestine in New York, which the United States rejects.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at an international conference on a two-state solution that it must not be "just another exercise in good-faith rhetoric." The conference, hosted in New York by France and Saudi Arabia, is being boycotted by the United States and Israel.
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