Overview

• Four traditional Israeli allies — the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Portugal — formally recognized a State of Palestine, a move framed as reviving a two‑state path after the Gaza war; Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed the step.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the recognitions as a “reward for terrorism” and vowed no Palestinian state west of the Jordan River, while minister Itamar Ben‑Gvir said he would push to extend Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank.
• The U.S. described the recognitions by allies as performative and said its focus remains on hostage releases, Israel’s security and regional stability, with President Trump preparing a U.S.–Arab–Islamic summit in New York on Tuesday.
• Reports in Israeli and U.S. media said Israel asked Washington to press Cairo over Egyptian troop movements in Sinai; Egypt officially denied any breach of the peace treaty and said deployments target smuggling and terrorism.
• In France, where the government has recognized Palestine, multiple municipalities planned to raise the Palestinian flag, triggering administrative court challenges and exposing political divisions over the symbolism.