NEW YORK: The international community must pressure Israel to bring it to the negotiating table over the Gaza war, Oman’s foreign minister told the 80th UN General Assembly on Saturday.
The Palestinian issue is “deeply painful and enduring,” Badr Al-Busaidi said, calling for it to “take precedence in our deliberations and decisions.”
It is the foremost matter among a “broad spectrum of critical issues that weigh heavily on the human conscience” of the world, he added.
“For too long this conflict has persisted, the suffering has grown unbearable, and the time has come to end the occupation, to undo the injustice, and to restore the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people through the implementation of the two-state solution.”
Growing global recognition of Palestinian statehood is “the most crucial step” in the Palestinian cause, Al-Busaidi said.
