Overview

• The four governments announced formal recognition during UN General Assembly week, a first for G7 members, with the step widely described as largely symbolic given Security Council control over UN membership.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the recognitions, vowed to fight them at the UN, and declared there will be no Palestinian state west of the Jordan River.
• Far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich called for annexation measures, with Ben Gvir saying he will propose applying Israeli sovereignty across the West Bank.
• The Palestinian Authority welcomed the move as an important step, while Hamas hailed it as a victory for Palestinian rights.
• The United States signaled opposition, with a State Department spokesperson calling the recognitions a “mossa di facciata,” and a group of Republican lawmakers threatened punitive measures against countries proceeding.