Hamas on Tuesday responded to the joint declaration of an international two-state solution conference in New York, calling it a step toward addressing the Gaza conflict.
The group said the declaration’s proposals – including a ceasefire, prisoner exchanges, aid access, Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and a halt to settlement activity – should be implemented.
It also reiterated its stance that Palestinian factions form part of a national liberation movement, saying armed resistance is permitted under international law until a state with Jerusalem as its capital is established.
The development came as 11 countries, including the UK, Canada and Australia, recognised Palestine this week, bringing the total to 159 UN member states.
According to UN figures, more than 65,300 people have been killed in Gaza since October 2023.
U.S President Donald Trump hit out at member states at the UN that backed Palestinian statehood in his speech at the General Assembly on Tuesday.
"As if to encourage continued conflict, some of this body is seeking to unilaterally recognize the Palestinian state. The rewards would be too great for Hamas terrorists, for their atrocities," he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously vowed that "there will be no Palestinian state".
In a statement released by his office on Sunday, he said that leaders who are recognizing a Palestinian state after the events of October 7 are rewarding terror with an enormous prize.
"I have a clear message to those leaders who are recognizing a Palestinian state after the horrendous October 7 massacre: You are rewarding terror with an enormous prize.
And I have another message for you: It's not going to happen. There will be no Palestinian state to the west of the Jordan River." he said.
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The co-pilot of Israel bound flydubai flight attempted to carry out a “terrorist attack” with an axe during the flight, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said on Saturday.
Hammam al-Hammami, the Flydubai co-pilot accused of stabbing the captain of an Israel-bound flight on Wednesday in a suspected terrorist attack, was banned from flying by Oman over concerns about his radical views, U.S. media reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Iran's Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned, with Hamid Bovard, chief executive of the state-owned National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), appointed as acting oil minister, according to Iranian state media.
Right-wing Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro will face leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a runoff of the presidential election later this month, after he exceeded expectations in Sunday's first-round vote with a slight lead over the incumbent.
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States meets seven conditions agreed under a June memorandum, as President Donald Trump signals he may soon decide whether to resume military operations against Tehran.
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday called a snap election for 29 November in a bid to strengthen his mandate after a fragmented parliament rejected the government's key housing decrees last week amid widespread protests.
King Charles’ younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has launched legal action against Thames Valley Police over his arrest in connection with an investigation into documents allegedly passed to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Telegraph reported on Sunday.
U.S. authorities have arrested a California woman accused of acting as an unregistered foreign agent for China and surveilling the son of Taiwan’s president, the FBI said.
Right-wing Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro will face leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a runoff of the presidential election later this month, after he exceeded expectations in Sunday's first-round vote with a slight lead over the incumbent.
The woman who has accused members of a Cornell University fraternity of drugging and raping her has received threats aimed at pressuring her to abandon her legal case, according to her attorney, as public scrutiny of the university's handling of the allegations continues to grow.
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