The country's foreign minister, Kamina Johnson Smith, said that Jamaica "continues to advocate for a two-state solution as the only viable option to resolve the longstanding conflict."
Israel's West Bank expansion sparks debate on settlements, Palestinian rejectionism, and terrorism, challenging prospects for peace and a two-state solution.
Avigdor Liberman accused Netanyahu of seeking Palestinian state recognition, blaming him for the October 7 incident to distract from the Saudi agreement.
State officials cite Hamas and failing to meet membership criteria as reasons for the negative vote.
“If you believe [in] a two-state solution, I think a very good starting point is recognizing that there are two states," Simon Harris told Christiane Amanpour.
UN Security Council deliberating on Palestinian membership, which would effectively recognize it as a state.
Ireland, alongside Spain and other EU nations, moves closer to recognizing Palestine formally, aiming for joint recognition to bolster peace efforts in the region.
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
"We want to stop the humanitarian disaster in Gaza and help kickstart a political peace process leading to the realization of the two-state solution as early as possible," a spokeswoman said.
It has been considered a de-facto form of statehood recognition, which allows the PA to participate in many UN forums and ratify treaties and statutes.
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