The world body calls for a conference in June 2025 to promote the creation of two states
▲ Palestinians wait for food at a support center yesterday in Khan Yunis.Photo Afp
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La Jornada Newspaper
Wednesday, December 4, 2024, p. 22
New York. The General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) yesterday called on Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories and advocated the creation of a Palestinian state, convening a world conference in June to promote a two-state solution.
In a non-binding resolution approved by 157 votes in favor, eight against – including the United States and Israel – and seven abstentions, the Assembly expressed its unwavering support, in accordance with international law, for the two-state solution: Israel and Palestineit was reported at the close of this edition.
Before the vote, Israeli strikes left at least 36 people dead in Gaza, most in the northern city of Beit Lahiya, amid new evacuation orders for residents in the south.
The Gazan authorities reported that after yesterday’s offensive There are still victims under the rubble and lying in the streets, without ambulances and Civil Defense teams being able to reach them..
According to Israel, the dead included seven Hamas members who participated in the October 7 attacks. The total number of fatalities in Gaza, since the start of the war, rose to 44,500.
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, during a meeting with Ron Dermer, Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, noted that Israel must do more to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance throughout the Gaza Stripdays after the United Nations agency for Palestine Refugees had to suspend the delivery of humanitarian aid after the murder of three of its employees; He also stressed the importance of freeing all the hostages and ending the war.
For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the strong statement of Republican Donald Trump, makes it clear that only one party is responsible for this situation: the Hamas groupafter the magnate warned that there will be hell to pay in the Middle East if the hostages are not released before he assumes the presidency of the United States next January.
Agreement between Hamas and Fatah
Hamas and Fatah agreed that after the war a committee consisting of 10 to 15 independent Palestinian figures, known for their competence, integrity, experience and transparencywill manage Gaza affairs.
