Hamas must surrender weapons to Palestinian Authority: Abbas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is now speaking to the UN conference via videolink. Abbas is not in New York City for the UN General Assembly as the Trump administration revoked his visa.
PA President Abbas said Hamas will not have any role in the governance and told the group to surrender its weapons to the Palestinian Authority. He also said:
- “We call for an immediate ceasefire
- “We need to get aid into Gaza
- “We need release of captives
- “We commend the role of Egypt and Qatar in mediating the end of the war, and also Egypt and Jordan, which has rejected displacement plans of the Palestinians.”
International law has been breached: UN chief
Guterres has acknowledged the Palestinian delegation at the international conference on implementing the two-state solution but says he is “disappointed that it was denied the opportunity to be fully represented”.
“The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has gone on. Solutions have been floated. International law has been breached. Decades of diplomacy have come up short,” he said.
Guterres reiterated his support for the two-state solution, framing it as the only viable path towards peace after years of failed negotiations and ongoing violations on the ground.
He also added that there was no justification for what was happening in the occupied West Bank and for the continued establishment of settlements.
Well that's something, difference in tone from the always "may violate international law"
Standing up against Israeli ‘oppression’ a ‘moral responsibility’: Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the goal of Netanyahu’s government is to make the establishment of a Palestinian state impossible.
He added that standing up against Israeli “oppression” is a “moral responsibility”.
Erdogan added that the “goal of deepening occupation and annexation policies is clear: kill the vision of a two-state solution, leave no ground for Palestinians to survive and exile the Palestinian people”.
Jordan says two states only ‘just solution’ to Palestinian question
Jordan’s King Abdullah II says the international community stands at a crossroads between the “bloody path of war and conflict” and the implementation of a two-state solution.
The creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel is the only “just solution” that guarantees lasting peace, he said, as he delivered his speech at the UN conference.
He stressed that in recognising Palestinian statehood, the international community “must work to stop all measures that undermine the two-state solution”.
