LONDON: A resolution has been introduced by a group of Democratic senators in the US in a bid to get the White House to recognize a demilitarized Palestinian state.
The non-binding legislation proposed by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley comes ahead of the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 23, where a number of states have indicated that they will recognize Palestine.
A similar piece of legislation has been proposed by California Democrat Ro Khanna in the House of Representatives.
Earlier this week, a UN commission said it believes there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Israel is responsible for genocide in Gaza.
The resolution calls on Hamas to lay down its arms and release all remaining hostages, while demanding that Israel halt its war in Gaza and settlement expansion in the West Bank.
