The countries participating in the high international conference, hosted by the United Nations on “the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the implementation of a two -state solution, agreed to” a road map “aimed at increasing recognition of the Palestinian state, and making more diplomatic efforts to stop the war and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and end the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories in the West Bank.
The closing document issued yesterday, the conference, which was held under the auspices of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, and with the participation of France, represented by its Foreign Minister Jean -Nouil Baru, was to work towards achieving “fair, lasting and comprehensive peace between the Palestinians and Israelis.”
It also called for the need to take “irreversible” steps towards a two -state solution based on the limits of pre -1967, and stressed the respect of international law, including humanitarian law, and measures to protect Palestinian civilians.
The document called for “coordinated humanitarian assistance and the reconstruction of Gaza”, with a reference to the consultative opinion issued in July 2024, the International Court of Justice, which announced that the Israeli occupation is illegal.
This comes at a time when the number of Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip exceeded the Israeli war on October 7, 2023, 60,000, according to the Ministry of Health in the Strip.
