Fatah spokesperson talks about the potential for a two-state solution in Palestine

"Well, it is a alliance with the international law and international consensus. It's a signal by the international community that they can no longer tolerate the genocide, apartheid, colonial settlements and military occupation by Israel. This long overdue decision, it's finally here, but it comes after decades of Palestinian suffering, oppression, persecution and struggle for freedom and independence. This recognition by the state - by the United Kingdom, in particular, carries a profound significance."

"It is the country that issued the Balfour Declaration more than a century ago in 1917, which was the principal reason for the establishment of the occupying state of Israel to the land - I mean, the land of Palestine, which led to the ethnic cleansing of 70% of the Indigenous Palestinian people and dozens of massacres and the erasure of more than 500,000 villages (ph). So this is a historical decision to recognize the Palestinian suffering and our right to self-determination."

Ahmad Fattouh is a spokesperson for the Fatah Movement that controls the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and rivals Hamas in Gaza. The United Nations General Assembly convenes with the Gaza war and the two-state framework on its agenda. Additional countries recognizing Palestinian statehood align with international law and signal that the international community can no longer tolerate genocide, apartheid, colonial settlements, and military occupation by Israel. Recognition by the United Kingdom carries particular weight because of the Balfour Declaration and its role in the establishment of Israel, which led to mass dispossession and the erasure of Palestinian communities. The recognition is framed as a historical correction affirming Palestinian self-determination.

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