US allies' embrace of Palestinian statehood tests Trump's Israel policy

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US allies' embrace of Palestinian statehood tests Trump's Israel policy
Reuters, Sep 23, 2025

WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Growing international frustration with Washington over the war in Gaza spilled into the open at the U.N. General Assembly this week, with U.S. allies recognizing a Palestinian state in a major test for President Donald Trump's Middle East policy.

After promising at the start of his second term to quickly end the war between Israel and Hamas, Trump now looks increasingly like a bystander as Israeli forces escalate their onslaught in the Palestinian enclave and he remains reluctant to rein in Washington's closest regional ally.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blindsided Trump with a strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar earlier this month that all but doomed the Trump administration's latest effort to secure a Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal.

Israel since then has launched a ground assault in Gaza City that the U.S. accepted without objection, amid global condemnation of a widening humanitarian crisis in the coastal strip.

And defying Trump's warnings against what he called a gift to Hamas, a group of U.S. allies, including Britain, France, Canada and Australia, announced just before and during the U.N. gathering their recognition of the state of Palestine in a dramatic diplomatic shift.


More:  https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-allies-embrace-palestinian-statehood-tests-trumps-israel-policy-2025-09-24/

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Italy to recognise Palestine only if Hamas excluded, all hostages freed
Reuters, Sep 23, 2025



ROME, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Italy will recognise a Palestinian state only if all Israeli hostages are released and the Hamas militant group is excluded from any government role, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday.

"I am not against the recognition of Palestine, but we should set ourselves the right priorities Meloni told reporters, announcing her government would present a motion to parliament on the issue.

Meloni leads a right-wing government that has been one of Israel's strongest allies in the European Union and has refused to follow other G7 nations like Britain, Canada and France in recognizing Palestinian statehood this month.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/italy-recognise-palestine-only-if-hamas-excluded-all-hostages-freed-2025-09-23/