The UN General Assembly votes overly for a solution of two states to the Israelal-Palestinian conflict

The United Nations General Assembly voted over Friday to support a solution of two states to the Israelal-Palestinian conflict and urges Israel to commit to a Palestinian state.

The world agency of 193 members approved a non -binding resolution that supports the “New York Declaration”, which establishes a gradual plan to finish the conflict of almost 80 years. The vote was 142-10 with 12 abstentions. The United States was one of the 10 states that voted against.

Hours before the vote, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “He will not have been Palestinian.”

The resolution was sponsored by France and Saudi Arabia, who co -presided a high -level conference on the implementation of a solution of two states at the end of July, where the drafting of the declaration was agreed.

The war of almost two years in Gaza and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict are expected to be at the top of the agenda of world leaders at their annual meeting at the General Assembly as of September 22. The Palestinian delegation says they hope that at least 10 more countries will recognize Palestine as a state, adding to the more than 145 countries that have already done so.

Riyad Mansour, the Palestine UN ambassador, said the majority support for the resolution reflects “the yearning of almost all, the international community, to open the door to the peace option.”

But Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon dismissed the resolution as “theater”, saying that the only beneficiary is Hamas.

“This unilateral statement will not be remembered as a step towards peace, only as another hollow gesture that weakens the credibility of this assembly,” he said.

The United States, the closest ally of Israel, echoed that position.

The resolution “is another wrong and poorly required advertising trick that undermines serious diplomatic efforts to end the conflict,” said the United States Mission Counselor, Morgan Ortago. “Do not be wrong, this resolution is a gift for Hamas.”

The declaration also condemns “the attacks committed by Hamas against civilians” in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, a rare condemn for the Arab nations of Hamas. The militants led by Hamas killed about 1,200 people, mainly Israeli civilians, and took around 250 hostages. Of these, 48 are still being retained, including about 20 that are believed to be alive.

The UN resolution also condemns Israel’s attacks against civilians and civil infrastructure in Gaza and its “siege and hunger, which have produced a devastating humanitarian crisis of catastrophe and protection.”

In recent days, Israel’s defense forces have intensified attacks in the city of Gaza, the largest urban area in the territory, destroying multiple high -rise buildings, which the IDF say that Hamas has been using for surveillance purposes.

On Saturday, the army cited the same reason to hit another high height in the area. The IDF have ordered all residents to leave the city of Gaza, since it continues an offensive against what calls Hamas’ last strength. Hundreds of thousands of people remain there, struggling under conditions of famine, according to humanitarian agencies.

In a message on social networks on Saturday, Israel’s army told the remaining Palestinians in the city of Gaza to leave “immediately” and move to the south to what he calls a humanitarian area. Army spokesman, Avichay Adraee, said that more than a quarter of a million people had left the city of Gaza, about 1 million living in the city and its surroundings, in North Gaza.

The UN, however, put the number of people who have left around 100,000 between mid -August and mid -September. UN groups and help have warned that displaceing hundreds of thousands of people will exacerbate the terrible humanitarian crisis.

Israel’s offensive against Hamas has killed more than 64,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health led by Hamas, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.

The New York Declaration provides for the Palestinian authority that governs and controls the entire Palestinian territory, with an administrative transition committee established immediately under its umbrella after a high fire in Gaza.

“In the context of finishing the war in Gaza, Hamas must end his government in Gaza and deliver his weapons to the Palestinian authority,” says the statement.

It also supports the deployment of “a temporary international stabilization mission” that operates under auspices of the UN to protect the Palestinian civilians, support the security transfer to the Palestinian authority and provide security guarantees for Palestine and Israel, “including monitoring of the fire and a future peace agreement.”

The statement urges countries to recognize the state of Palestine, calling this “an essential and indispensable component of the achievement of the solution of two states.” Without appointing Israel, but clearly refers to him, the document says that “illegal unilateral actions are representing an existential threat to the realization of the Independent State of Palestine.”

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