The country justified this decision on the basis of being a "long standing" supporter of the two state solution.

A number of EU members are expected to announce their recognition of a Palestinian state within the next month. Israel's Foreign Ministry: "Recognition will be a reward for Hamas terrorists who carried out the greatest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust."

Smotrich: "A Palestinian state is an obstacle to peace and an existential threat to Israel."

The UN Security Council will hold a discussion on the Middle East ahead of Friday's vote on naming the Palestinian Authority a full member of the UN. Israeli Ambassador Gilad Erdan slammed the vote: "A huge reward for terrorism."

After talking quite a bit about the need for the establishment of a Palestinian state and the end of the war in Gaza, the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, is claiming that his country will recognize "Palestine" by the month of July.

As part of a proposed plan for the day after the war ends, Arab states are proposing the stationing of troops in Judea and Samaria - but only as part of the advancement of a two state solution.

Israelis are, however, divided on when to attack Hezbollah - as soon as possible (29%), or when the war in Gaza ends (34%).

US President Joe Biden told "The New Yorker" about a confrontation between him and members of the war cabinet in Israel, who claimed that, "In World War II, you obliterated Germany."

The Knesset voted overwhelmingly in favor of a government statement rejecting global recognition of a Palestinian state without a negotiated settlement.

During a visit by Minister Ron Dermer to the US, the Saudis submitted a request that a Palestinian currency be recognized in an effort to advance regional normalization.

Minister Gantz spoke at the Conference of Presidents and stated unequivocally that he "opposes one-sided recognition of a Palestinian state."

A small number of violent settlers do not justify a special sanctions regime which could be expanded to pressure Israel into agreeing to a presently existentially threatening Palestinian state.

Minister Gideon Sa'ar referred to the steps required in Israel after the end of the war, and clarified that "after the war - the time will come for the correction of Israeli society. We will have to repel political dangers, that is our future."

Chairman of Yisrael Beiteinu Avigdor Lieberman, claimed that the Oslo Accords have no meaning and that the control of Area-A should be transferred to Jordan: "Two states for two peoples and the transfer of control of Gaza to Abu Mazen - those are illusions".

Biden tries again and again to please the democratic current in the US and to strive for the establishment of a Palestinian state. If Israel even thinks of going in this direction, it is a spit in the face of the murdered, the hostages, and the soldiers who give their lives for us.

American Secretary of State Antony Blinken said today that Israel will not control the Gaza Strip after the war and that there should be a unified Palestinian government in Gaza and the West Bank; He called for an urgent humanitarian ceasefire.

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, was interviewed by the American CBS network and began speaking a different language from what he used last week. He is calling for a price for unconditional support: a Palestinian state, and it would be a "serious mistake to take control of the Gaza Strip."