Overview

• The U.N. conference on reviving a two-state solution, co-hosted by France and Saudi Arabia, was indefinitely postponed after Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear and military sites.
• President Emmanuel Macron had planned to formally recognize a Palestinian state at the June summit but says the gathering will take place “as soon as possible.”
• A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable warned governments that attending or recognizing Palestine at the summit could undermine Gaza ceasefire efforts and carry diplomatic repercussions.
• Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas outlined reforms in a letter to Macron and pledged internationally overseen presidential elections within a year as part of statehood conditions.
• The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has deepened with more than 55,000 reported deaths and 470,000 people facing catastrophic hunger, even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows indefinite control of the territory.