Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, said recognition required “immediate countermeasures: the immediate application of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria and the total dismantling of the ‘Palestinian’ Authority.” Judea and Samaria is the term usually used in Israel to refer to the occupied West Bank. But the path to becoming a member-state requires at least nine of the 15 members of the Security Council to vote in favor, and none of its five permanent members – the US, France, China, Britain and Russia – to veto it. “The 22 September initiative is anchored in tangible commitments that the President of the Palestinian Authority has conveyed to President Macron: a law on prisoners, reform of the school system, and the holding of the next elections within an improved electoral framework.
Author: Tara John, Billy Stockwell
Published at: 2025-09-22 21:03:22
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