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The move reflects Valletta’s “commitment to finding a solution that promotes lasting peace in the Middle East,” its prime minister claimed.
Israel and the United States rejected London’s statement, calling it a reward for Hamas.
The council “can, and must, adjust its sanctions so the Syrian government can prevail in the fight against terrorism, while keeping the most dangerous and unrepentant actors designated,” said Dorothy Shea, interim U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
The U.S. president “can be a catalyst for an end to the immediate crisis in Gaza and potentially a resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the long term,” the Saudi foreign minister said.
“It’s easy to come to the General Assembly to deliver a nice speech, but at the end of the day, you have to deal with Hamas,” the Israeli envoy told JNS.
Israel did the same, not attending the conference co-chaired by the foreign ministers of France and Saudi Arabia.
The global body, which considers the eastern part of Israel’s capital to be “occupied,” has not been known to label the entire city “Palestine” in public statements.
Representatives of more than 55 countries are slated to address the two-day U.N. event.
At an event in Jerusalem with White House Faith Office leader Paula White, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasted the U.N.'s “excuses and lies” with regard to the Gaza Strip.
“We will have to continue to allow the entry of minimal humanitarian supplies. We have done this until now.”
Humanitarian corridors will be established to enable the movement of U.N. convoys delivering food and medicine to Gazans.
A delegation from Tehran met with German, British and French diplomats, in Istanbul, for the first time since the 12-day war with Israel.
