World Summit on 22 Sept 2025 Strengthens Global Backing for Two-State Solution and Palestine Recognition
Paris summit unites 70 nations to push a two-state solution and fast-track recognition of Palestine, despite U.S. and Israeli boycott.
Raja Awais Ali
9/22/20251 min read
World Summit on 22 September 2025 Boosts Global Recognition of Palestine and Two-State Solution
On 22 September 2025, Paris hosted a historic World Summit jointly organized by France and Saudi Arabia to accelerate a two-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict and to push for immediate recognition of an independent Palestinian state. The meeting, held one day before the annual United Nations General Assembly, gathered representatives from nearly 70 countries, including several heads of state and foreign ministers, who agreed that the time has come for a just and lasting peace.
International momentum for Palestinian recognition has surged in recent weeks as the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Portugal formally recognized Palestine on 21 September 2025, while France, Spain, Belgium, and several other European nations signaled that they will soon follow. This diplomatic wave builds on the New York Declaration adopted by the U.N. General Assembly on 12 September 2025, which declared the two-state solution “irreversible” and demanded a humanitarian ceasefire and direct negotiations.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the summit by video link after visa delays prevented travel to Paris, while French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan opened the session with a joint call for the world to unite behind a fair and sustainable peace.
Israel and the United States boycotted the gathering, and Israeli U.N. ambassador Danny Danon denounced it as a “political circus” that rewards terrorism. Israeli officials are reportedly considering annexing parts of the West Bank, a move Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and other regional powers have condemned as a “red line.”
The urgency of the summit was underscored by a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where United Nations figures show hundreds of deaths and thousands displaced amid severe shortages of food, medicine, and essential services.
Despite continuing obstacles, diplomats and analysts agreed that the Paris meeting represents a turning point, with global recognition of Palestine gaining unprecedented traction and the two-state framework receiving its strongest endorsement in years, giving long-stalled peace efforts a renewed sense of possibility.