The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly endorsed a declaration calling for “tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps” toward a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine.

The seven-page document, a product of a July conference hosted by Saudi Arabia and France, also calls for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and the deployment of a temporary international stabilisation mission.

While more than 100 member states supported the resolution, the United States and Israel boycotted the process. Washington dismissed the move as a misguided publicity stunt undermining real diplomatic efforts.

The declaration, adopted just ahead of the UN leaders’ summit, highlights growing international consensus on the urgency of resolving the decades-long conflict.