Jordan FM condemns "Israeli" defiance of international law at UN conference
During the first plenary meeting of the United Nations High-Level International Conference on "The Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution," global leaders gathered to reaffirm that the two-state solution remains the only viable path to lasting peace and regional stability.
Speaking at the main session, Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi emphasized the critical importance of this approach. He stated, “We are gathered here today, representing the vast majority of the world, to affirm that there is one path to achieving a just peace that ensures security and stability for our entire region: the two-state solution.”
Safadi highlighted the urgent context of the conference, pointing to the severe consequences of failing to implement the solution. “The disastrous impact unfolds before our eyes in the form of death, destruction, and hunger that trample international humanitarian law underfoot and reduce it to a mere slogan,” he warned.
He described the heartbreaking scenes from Gaza, where “mothers weep over their children alive as they fade away before their eyes, unable to find a drop of water, a bite of bread, or a pill to ease their pain, as these children pass away having known only deprivation, oppression, and misery.”
Safadi also pointed to the situation in the occupied West Bank, where “settlement expansion accelerates, land confiscation increases, Palestinian blood is shed, Muslim and Christian holy sites are desecrated, and hope for peace—the only guarantee for the security of Palestinians and Israelis—dies.”
He condemned "Israeli" violations of international law and sovereignty in Lebanon, noting "Israel’s" repeated breaches of the ceasefire agreement. Similarly, he highlighted "Israeli" incursions into Syria, stating that Israel “invades more Syrian land and interferes in Syria’s internal affairs, even as the world supports rebuilding a free, stable Syria where all Syrians live in security, freedom, dignity, and equality.”
Safadi concluded by warning that this reality exposes “the erosion of our humanity, threatens our collective security, undermines the credibility of international law and the UN Charter, and perpetuates the conflict as the future of the region, just as it has been in the past and present.”
Co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France, the conference seeks to reinvigorate international momentum and explore concrete steps toward the implementation of the two-state framework. The gathering comes amid a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and stalled diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict.
