Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Your Excellencies, President Macron and Prince Faisal.

I stand before you today, beneath the emblem of the United Nations, to confirm the historic decision of the British government to recognise the State of Palestine.

This step, alongside friends and partners, reflects a longstanding truth.

That statehood is the inalienable right of the Palestinian people and that two states is the only path to security and lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians alike.

But it also reflects a grave reality.

The two-state solution that for decades has commanded global support is in profound peril.

From continued bloodshed, man-made famine, terrorism and hostage taking, settlement expansion and settler violence.

And Hamas terrorists continue to hold hostages seized in

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