And at an event announcing thousands of new housing units for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared, “This land is ours!” and pledged that there will never be a Palestinian state. Last Friday, the General Assembly endorsed by 142-10 the French-sponsored “New York Declaration” calling for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Jonathan Brady/AP British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (right) meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at Downing Street in London, Sept. 8, 2025. “I can understand that the Israelis are not ready to talk about a Palestinian state with the trauma of Oct. 7 still so intense,” says Mr. Koplow. “But eventually when enough time has passed, you will see the Israelis start to come back to the two-state solution.