Israel-Hamas war, Gaza genocide

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UN General Assembly to vote today on a Palestinian state excluding Hamas

The UN General Assembly will hold a vote today on whether to back the “New York Declaration”, a resolution that calls for a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine – excluding Hamas.

Presented by France and Saudi Arabia, the declaration has already been endorsed by the Arab League and co-signed by 17 UN member states, including several Arab countries.

It urges “collective action to end the war in Gaza, to achieve a just, peaceful and lasting settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the effective implementation of the Two-State solution”.

It also condemns Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, demands the release of all captives and goes further by calling on Hamas to disarm and relinquish control of Gaza.

“In the context of ending the war in Gaza, Hamas must end its rule in Gaza and hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority, with international engagement and support, in line with the objective of a sovereign and independent Palestinian State,” the declaration states.

Today’s vote precedes an upcoming UN summit co-chaired by Riyadh and Paris on September 22 in New York, in which French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to formally recognise the Palestinian state.

The PA is extremely unpopular. Hamas has to go but the PA is no replacement. A new government is needed, preferably led by Marwan Barghouti. The PA is mostly a tool of the occupation. Palestine needs an independent government or a 2 state solution is doomed from the start. Oslo Accords 3.0