Two State Solution

Recognizing Palestine is the right move, but it came at the wrong time - opinion

While the two-state solution is the right direction, neither side is ready for it currently.

UK PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney attend a NATO summit in The Hague in June. Demographics and domestic politics may also be behind the intent to recognize a Palestinian state, says the writer.
WOMEN WAGE PEACE holds a demonstration, calling for a hostage deal and an end to the Israel-Hamas War. The Israeli government can continue to fear recognition of a Palestinian state, or it can choose to embrace this opportunity, says the writer.

Israel should embrace Palestinian state recognition as a real chance for peace - opinion

(L-R) Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and France's President Emmanuel Macron at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) summit in The Hague on June 25, 2025

Process to recognize Palestinian state 'must begin now,' German FM says

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander visit a local mechanics business, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Britain, March 24, 2025

UK move to recognize Palestine 'not a reward for Hamas,' minister claims


UN’s push for Palestinian statehood ignores Israel’s security concerns - analysis

Despite the trauma of October 7, diplomats continue to push for the outdated two-state solution, ignoring new realities and Israel's security concerns.

IRONICALLY, ALTERNATIVES to a two-state solution don’t necessarily provide any sort of protection from the violence against Israel.

US calls UN Israel two-state solution conference a 'publicity stunt'

"We must ensure that it does not become another exercise in well-meaning rhetoric," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in opening remarks.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa speaks during a United Nations high level conference hosted by France and Saudi Arabia to work towards a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., July 28, 2025.

Germany not planning to recognise Palestinian state in short term

Recognition of a Palestinian state would only come as one of the final steps in a two-state solution, said the spokesperson.

PALESTINIANS SHELTER in tents in Gaza City. Civilians deserve a real choice – to remain amid crossfire and Hamas exploitation or to move temporarily to a secure area with access to food, water, shelter, and medical care, the writers argue.

UK backs future Palestinian statehood but says ceasefire top priority

Successive British governments have said they would formally recognize a Palestinian state at the right time, without ever setting a timetable or specifying the conditions for it to happen.

IRONICALLY, ALTERNATIVES to a two-state solution don’t necessarily provide any sort of protection from the violence against Israel.

Australian PM Albanese pushes for two-state solution to 'safeguard innocent life'

"Israel’s denial of aid and the killing of civilians, including children, seeking access to water and food cannot be defended or ignored," Albanese said.

 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at a Labor Party election night event in Sydney.

France to recognize Palestinian state in September, Macron says

“The urgency today is to end the war in Gaza and to provide aid to the civilian population. Peace is possible,” Macron said.

 France's President Emmanuel Macron, July 10, 2025.

US will not attend Israel two-state conference at UN, State Dept says

A conference regarding the two-state solution is scheduled to take place later in the month at the United Nations.

 The United Nations headquarters building is pictured though a window with the UN logo in the foreground in the Manhattan borough of New York August 15, 2014.

WATCH: Saudi normalization possible without commitment to Palestinian state, Deputy FM tells 'Post'

Asked whether normalization was possible without Israel having to commit to Palestinian statehood, Haskel answered that she “believed so.”

 Illustrative image of Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman

French-Saudi summit on two-state solution rescheduled to end of July, after delays from Iran war

The conference, scheduled to take place in New York, was initially planned for last month but was postponed due to the conflict between Israel and Iran.

 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 2, 2024.

Netanyahu says any future Palestinian state would be a platform to destroy Israel

Netanyahu described the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, where Hamas was in control, as evidence of what Palestinians would do with a state.

 (L-R): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump seen near the White House (illustrative)

Israel can sanction UK lawmakers just as they sanctioned Israeli ministers - opinion

The main effect of targeting Israeli ministers will be to embolden Hamas and its fellow jihadists.

(L-R) Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir