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December 1, 2025 10:57 AM

Pope Leo: Palestinian state ‘only’ solution to Israeli conflict

Pope Leo said on Sunday that the only solution in the decades-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people must include a Palestinian state, reaffirming the Vatican's position. "We all know that at this time Israel still does not accept that solution, but we see it as the only solution," Leo, the first U.S. pope, told journalists on a flight from Turkey to Lebanon during his first in-flight press conference. "We are also friends with Israel and we are seeking to be a mediating voice...

September 4, 2025 2:08 PM

UAE warns Israel that West Bank annexation would cross ‘red line’

The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday issued a sharp warning that any Israeli annexation of the West Bank would constitute a "red line" for Abu Dhabi and severely undermine the Abraham Accords that normalised relations between the two countries. The warning came after Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for Israel to annexe 82% of the West Bank and announced that maps were being drawn up for annexing territory in the region. Smotrich had urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to support t...

August 21, 2025 3:58 PM

Israel maintains military pressure on Gaza City ahead of planned offensive

The Israeli military maintained its pressure on Gaza City with heavy bombardments overnight, residents said, ahead of a Thursday meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ministers on plans to seize the enclave's largest city. The military, a day earlier, called up 60,000 reservists in a sign that the government was pressing ahead with the plan, despite international condemnation. Although one military official said that most reservists would not serve in combat and that the str...

July 30, 2025 10:35 AM

India backs two-state solution, calls for ceasefire and aid to Gaza

India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, on Tuesday reaffirmed the country’s support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict and called for urgent humanitarian aid in Gaza. Speaking at the High-Level International Conference on 'The Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution' in New York, Parvathaneni stressed the need for direct engagement between the parties. “Our eff...

March 5, 2025 9:39 AM

Arab states adopt Egyptian alternative to Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’

Arab leaders adopted an Egyptian reconstruction plan for Gaza on Tuesday that would cost $53 billion and avoid displacing Palestinians from the enclave, in contrast to U.S. President Donald Trump's"Middle East Riviera" vision. The White House said the plan adopted by Arab states did not address Gaza's reality and that Trump stood by his proposal. Trump's plan to displace Palestinians in a U.S. takeover of the enclave received global condemnation last month and echoed long-standing Palestinian ...

December 5, 2024 6:11 PM

EAM Jaishankar reiterates India’s support for two-state solution, explains abstention from UN resolutions on Gaza conflict

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar reiterated India's firm support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, emphasizing the importance of addressing terrorism and hostage-taking in global discourse. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Jaishankar defended India's decision to abstain from certain United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolutions on the Gaza conflict, stating that these resolutions failed to capture the full scope of the situation. Jaishankar clarifie...