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Arab League Joins EU and 17 Nations in UN Call for Hamas Disarmament

Following a U.S. boycott, Netanyahu’s government denounced the meeting as appeasement, with France, the UK alongside Canada vowing to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly.

Participant Foreign Ministers pose for a family photo during a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Arab League states in Kuwait, Jan. 30, 2022. (Kuwait Foreign Ministry/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • For the first time, the Arab League’s 22 members formally condemned Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel and demanded its disarmament at a UN conference.
  • Saudi Arabia and France co-hosted the New York meeting, where the declaration won backing from all 27 EU states and 17 additional countries.
  • The declaration calls on Hamas to relinquish control of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority and invites a temporary UN-backed stabilization mission.
  • The United States boycotted the session and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed it as an appeasement effort.
  • France, the United Kingdom and Canada pledged to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September.