Posted on 07/29/2025 7:58:14 AM PDT by Twotone
The Trump administration says it boycotted a United Nations conference promoting the two-state solution on Monday, calling the event a “publicity stunt” and an “insult.”
“This week, the U.N. will serve as host to an unproductive and ill-timed conference on the two-state solution in New York City,” State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said in a statement. “This is a publicity stunt that comes in the middle of delicate diplomatic efforts to end the conflict.”
Bruce said the conference will “prolong the war, embolden Hamas, and reward its obstruction and undermine real-world efforts to achieve peace.”
Instead of participating, Bruce said the United States will continue leading efforts to end the fighting and deliver a permanent peace.
“Our focus remains on serious diplomacy: not stage-managed conferences designed to manufacture the appearance of relevance,” she said.
The boycott comes after President Donald Trump drew attention to what he described as “real starvation” in Gaza.
“We’ll be helping with the food,” Trump said. “We can save a lot of people. That’s real starvation. I see it, and you can’t fake that.”
Bruce also criticized French President Emmanuel Macron for announcing that France will formally recognize a Palestinian state this September during the United Nations General Assembly, claiming the move was “welcomed by Hamas.” She added that such announcements obstruct ceasefire negotiations and undercut diplomatic efforts to end the war in Gaza.
“As Secretary Rubio has made clear, this effort is a slap in the face to the victims of October 7th and a reward for terrorism,” she said. “It keeps hostages trapped in tunnels.”
Netanyahu fired back at Macron, claiming the announcement “rewards terror and risks creating another Iranian proxy, just as Gaza became.”
“A Palestinian state in these conditions would be a launch pad to annihilate Israel — not to live in peace beside it,” Netanyahu added. “Let’s be clear: the Palestinians do not seek a state alongside Israel; they seek a state instead of Israel.”
The conference, co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France, was rescheduled from June to July due to Israel’s war with Iran, according to Jewish News Syndicate.
During the opening remarks, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that participants “must ensure that it does not become another exercise in well-meaning rhetoric.”
“The path to peace starts with recognizing the state of Palestine and preserving it from destruction,” Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa said. “The rights of all peoples must be respected, the sovereignty of all states must be ensured. Palestine, and its people can no longer be the exception.”
There has never been a Palestinian state. Prior to Israeli occupation, Judea and Samaria were occupied by Jordan, and Gaza by Egypt.
Israeli Minister of Finance Betzalel Smotrich said France’s announcement provides a “compelling reason” to apply Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria.
“I thank President Macron for providing yet another compelling reason to finally apply Israeli sovereignty over the historic regions of Judea and Samaria, and to definitively abandon the failed concept of establishing a Palestinian terrorist state in the heart of the Land of Israel,” he wrote. “This will be our fitting Zionist response to the one-sided pressure and coercive measures led by President Macron and his allies.”
Last week, Israel’s Knesset voted in favor of a declaratory resolution in support of applying Israeli sovereignty to Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan Valley in a vote of 71-13.
“The Knesset affirms that the State of Israel has a natural, historical, and legal right to the entirety of the Land of Israel – the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people,” the resolution reads. “The Knesset calls upon the cabinet of Israel to act promptly to extend Israeli sovereignty, including law, jurisdiction, and administration, over all areas of Jewish communities, in all its forms, in Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan Valley.”
More than 500,000 Israelis live in Judea and Samaria.
Two-state “solution” has been proposed at least six times. Each time it failed because each and every time one stipulation was that either all Jews leave or all Jews die.
“river to the sea” = direct call for another holocaust.
Recall the “GOdfather” movies. In one a peace deal was being attempted to stop the war between the families. The GF told his son that he would know who was the traitor by who brought him word of a peace proposal.
Just another “we want to murder the rest of the Jews” publicity meeting, as if we haven’t seen plenty of them over the years.
Used to be, Nazi Bund meetings were outlawed. At least after awhile they were in USA. As for these foreign meetings, there’s absolutely no purpose or reason to attend or pay for them. They can all GTH! (and will)
Saudi Arabia and Jordan have lots of land.
Saudi Arabia and Jordan have lots of land.
Saudi Arabia and Jordan have lots of land.
Looks like just another case of “The UN screwed up again”.
Yes. But it’s not just a screwup— there are some very evil people involved with the UnitedNazis (snd all these antisemitic “conferences” or “meetings” with their attendant “Big Lie” press reports
Most of this krap is deliberate — not mere inadvertence
i call unfair
al queda and isis have been way more brutal than hamas
they should get a state before hamas
Trump should tell UN: if you move to declare a Palestinian State, I will kick the UN the hell out of the United States.
For Pete’s sake, NO TWO-STATE SOLUTION when logic tells you that the surrounding Islamic lands have more than enough area to move the palis onto their land to give them their own nation and help their islamic brethren at the same time.
I would continue that boycott of the UN for at least another 100 years. Who knows, in that time they might even become a relevant and honorable organization. But I doubt it.
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