Arab states urge Hamas to step aside for peace plan long rejected by Israel – Middle East Monitor

In a bid to salvage the two-state solution long dismissed by Israel, Arab states have urged Hamas to relinquish power in Gaza. Seventeen countries, including Arab League members, Turkiye and the European Union, have issued a joint call for Hamas to step aside and cede governance of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority, in what is seen as a last-ditch effort to preserve the two-state framework. 

The appeal, delivered at a UN session in New York yesterday, comes…