{"id":3019,"date":"2025-09-29T07:35:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/29\/gaza-and-palestine-were-dominant-themes-at-un-will-it-make-a-difference\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T07:35:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T07:35:55","slug":"gaza-and-palestine-were-dominant-themes-at-un-will-it-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/29\/gaza-and-palestine-were-dominant-themes-at-un-will-it-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza and Palestine were dominant themes at UN. Will it make a difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p><strong>New York City<\/strong> \u2013 Gaza and Palestine have been the dominant topics at the United Nations as world leaders convened at the 80th General Assembly (UNGA) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/24\/how-new-york-deals-with-the-influx-of-leaders-at-the-un-general-assembly\">in New York<\/a> over the past week.<\/p>\n<p>In their speeches, UN Security Council (UNSC) meetings, sideline events and media briefings, many countries \u2013 from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to France to Malaysia \u2013 called for an end to Israeli atrocities in Gaza and the establishment of a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/26\/protests-calls-for-sanctions-greet-netanyahu-at-un-amid-gaza-horrors\">Protests, calls for sanctions greet Netanyahu at UN amid Gaza horrors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/26\/un-chief-top-diplomats-plead-for-support-for-unrwa-amid-gaza-crisis\">UN chief, top diplomats plead for support for UNRWA amid Gaza crisis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/24\/war-has-rules-un-event-urges-action-to-protect-palestinian-children\">\u2018War has rules\u2019: UN event urges action to protect Palestinian children<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>But as most of the world rallied around Palestine in the first week of the UNGA, Israel killed at least 661 Palestinians in Gaza and pushed on unabated with its ground assault <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/28\/hamas-tells-israel-to-cease-gaza-city-attacks-as-captives-lives-in-danger\">on Gaza City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Diplomats and analysts say rhetoric and diplomatic moves alone, including the recognition of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/26\/does-international-recognition-mean-palestine-is-going-to-be-a-state\">Palestinian state<\/a>, are not enough to move the needle on the ground, or improve the situation of Palestinians under bombardment and occupation.<\/p>\n<p>Rights advocates are seeking an arms embargo and sanctions against Israel to force it to end its abuses.<\/p>\n<p>Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, executive secretary of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/7\/16\/hague-group-announces-steps-to-hold-israel-accountable-in-bogota-summit\">Hague Group<\/a> \u2013 a coalition of countries pushing for such measures against Israel \u2013 said the \u201csituation keeps getting worse\u201d because Israel continues to have access to weapons and resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe economic might of the genocidal machine is still not weakened. Israel continues to receive arms,\u201d Gandikota-Nellutla told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"palestine-recognition\">Palestine recognition<\/h2>\n<p>During the UNGA, dozens of countries convened for a summit to push for the two-state solution, while several Western states, including Australia, France and the United Kingdom, formally <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2025\/9\/22\/global-reactions-to-palestinian-state-recognition\">recognised Palestine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As that meeting was under way, protesters outside the UN complex banged on pots to decry the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/8\/22\/world-reacts-as-un-backed-body-declares-famine-in-gaza\">deadly hunger<\/a> in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Maamoun Hussein, one of the demonstrators, said the growing international recognition of the state of Palestine is a positive development, but it must be followed by a meaningful push to hold Israel accountable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a testament to the perseverance of the Palestinian people for over 78 years of genocide and ethnic cleansing,\u201d Hussein told Al Jazeera, referring to the growing number of countries now recognising Palestinian statehood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut these countries have the power to do an arms embargo. They have the power to put pressure on Israel. Instead, all the Arab countries now are at risk. The entire world is at risk because they\u2019re changing the entire legal system to suit Israel, which is a terrorist, genocidal state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While ravaging Gaza and intensifying attacks and annexation efforts in the occupied West Bank, Israel has also carried out attacks against Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iran <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/editorial\/2025\/9\/12\/after-shock-israeli-attack-on-their-city-dohas-residents-voice-unease\">and Qatar<\/a> in recent months. The Israeli military is also widely believed to have struck a Gaza-bound humanitarian boat in a Tunisian port.<\/p>\n<p>Gandikota-Nellutla also said that while recognising Palestinians\u2019 right to self-determination is an important step, more must be done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe risk is that countries stop here \u2013 that countries pat themselves in the back and say, \u2018We\u2019ve done our bit\u2019, and move on without cutting off the material arteries of the genocide at this moment,\u201d she told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3992477\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3992477\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/8ddc9af2-0a59-411a-b553-7e1e15587a421-1759107292.jpg?w=770&#038;resize=770%2C577&#038;quality=80\" alt=\"Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3992477\">\u2018The economic might of the genocidal machine is still not weakened,\u2019 says Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, executive secretary of the Hague Group [Ali Harb\/Al Jazeera]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At a UNSC meeting to discuss the crisis, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Attaf warned on Tuesday that global stability will depend on whether the international community can rein in Israel and ensure the establishment of a Palestinian state based on borders as they stood before the 1967 war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no space for denial that what Gaza has been enduring is a comprehensive war of annihilation,\u201d Attaf said, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/16\/first-head-of-united-nations-body-declares-israels-gaza-war-a-genocide\">citing the recent<\/a> UN Commission of Inquiry\u2019s report that accused Israel of genocide.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"we-are-not-yet-there\">\u2018We are not yet there\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>A day later, diplomats representing countries from across the world met to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/24\/war-has-rules-un-event-urges-action-to-protect-palestinian-children\">renew calls<\/a> for protecting Palestinian children, about 20,000 of whom have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis suffering is not inevitable. It is a result of choices, of actions, and of inaction \u2013 and choices can change,\u201d Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said at the event.<\/p>\n<p>On the sidelines of the UNGA, Brazil, Jordan and Spain, along with UN chief Antonio Guterres, also led a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/26\/un-chief-top-diplomats-plead-for-support-for-unrwa-amid-gaza-crisis\">push to rally<\/a> political and financial support for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, which Israel has unilaterally banned.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera asked Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNRWA, whether the diplomatic efforts in support of Palestine in New York are making a tangible difference in the condition of Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been a lot of acknowledgement-outrage combination, but it hasn\u2019t gone far beyond that,\u201d Lazzarini said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe real question is: How will this be translated into necessary influence impacting the situation on the ground? We are not yet there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Lazzarini said the crisis in Gaza has reached the dire state it is in today because of \u201cimpunity\u201d for Israel\u2019s actions, suggesting that Palestinian lives have been \u201cdevalued\u201d in the eyes of the world.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, delegates of more than 50 countries walked out of the UNGA hall as Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/26\/protests-calls-for-sanctions-greet-netanyahu-at-un-amid-gaza-horrors\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crime charges, took the podium.<\/p>\n<p>Nearby, representatives of 34 countries met as part of the Hague Group, and discussed possible policies to stop the atrocities in Gaza, including imposing an energy embargo on Israel and blocking Israeli weapons shipments from their ports.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting included countries spanning four continents, such as Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Iceland, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, Spain and Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>For Gandikota-Nellutla, the Hague Group\u2019s chief, international collective action is the way towards ending Israeli impunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to grow country by country, until we engulf the whole world \u2013 until every supply chain that brings any weapons of death to Israel becomes inaccessible to Netanyahu and his government,\u201d she told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City \u2013 Gaza and Palestine have been the dominant topics at the United Nations as world leaders convened at the 80th General Assembly (UNGA) in New York over the past week. 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