Israeli and Palestinian groups urge world not to abandon two-state solution
Key takeaways
- Israeli and Palestinian civil society groups appealed to the international community in France on Friday to keep pursuing a two-state solution, warning that the window for peace is narrowing.
- By: FRANCE 24 G7 logos are pictured on the pier ahead of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France on June 12, 2026.
- The meeting brought together foreign ministers and senior officials from dozens of countries alongside civil society groups.
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Israeli and Palestinian civil society groups appealed to the international community in France on Friday to keep pursuing a two-state solution, warning that the window for peace is narrowing. The call came as world powers gathered amid mounting concern over settlement expansion and violence in the occupied West Bank.
By: FRANCE 24 G7 logos are pictured on the pier ahead of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France on June 12, 2026. © Reuters Israeli and Palestinian civil society groups delivered an appeal in France on Friday to urge the international community not to abandon a two-state solution, as Paris seeks to keep the issue alive amid the Middle East war.
The meeting brought together foreign ministers and senior officials from dozens of countries alongside civil society groups. It marks one year since the UN-backed New York Declaration, which set out a roadmap towards Palestinian statehood and prompted around a dozen countries, including France, Britain and Canada, to recognise a Palestinian state.