Author: Farnaz Fassihi and Ephrat Livni
\ Published on: 31/07/2025 | 00:00:00

AI Summary:
\ Arab States call for Hamas to lay down its weapons, release all hostages and end its rule of the Gaza Strip. The surprise declaration, endorsed on Tuesday by the 22 member nations of the Arab League, also condemned Israel’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. It called for the deployment of a temporary international stabilization mission. It remains unclear whether Hamas would heed the call of the Arab League. It has so far demonstrated no willingness to surrender its weapons or give up control over Gaza. The Palestinian situation is an internal affair of our people, it says. The conference started on Monday and ended on Wednesday. Representative of 125 U.N. Member states took part. Analysts said the attempt to resurrect the idea of a Palestinian state was notable. Israel's ambassador to the U.N., Danny Danon, says resolution will change the basic fact that there are those in the world who fight terrorists and extremist forces. Hamas expressed a similar sentiment about the calls for normalizing relations with Israel that were part of the declaration. Britain soon followed suit, announcing that it would recognize a Palestinian state in September if there was no cease-fire agreement in Gaza. An Israeli settler was arrested on suspicion of shooting and killing a Palestinian activist whose work was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land” The suspect had been subject to U.S. Sanctions, but President Trump lifted them. Israeli far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said that the country was “closer than ever” to rebuilding Jewish settlements in Gaza that were evacuated 20 years ago.

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