Recap: Two-state solution meeting hosted in Norway

The third meeting for the global alliance for the Implementation of the Palestine-Israel Two-State Solution took place in Norway on January 15th, The New Arab and agencies reported.
Delegates from foreign nations attended the meeting, as Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa, UN envoy to the Middle East Tor Wennesland and the head of the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini reportedly attended.
Norway’s foreign minister, Espen Barth Eide said on January 15th that it is only a two-state solution which can bring true harmony to the conflict between Israel and Palestine, according to Anadolu Agency.
Eide said that the international community should direct how we move towards “something that can bring real peace to the people of Palestine, that their inalienable right of self-determination and of choosing and running the truth in government and running their own countries will become to fruition, but also the quest of the people of Israel … to be able to be live with peace with their Palestinian neighbors, and also, finally, to be embedded in the region through normalization with important neighboring and regional actors.”
Eide also highlighted the significance of the United Nations Reliefs and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for the Palestinians, which was represented in the conference by its commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini.
Lazzarini urged the international community to raise its diplomatic, political and financial aid to the UNRWA and said that the agency is a “lifeline for Palestinians.”
Eide also said that Palestinians should be supported to have a robust, successful and cohesive administration, which was reportedly the object of the meeting.
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Israel and Hamas ultimately agreed to the terms of a Gaza ceasefire deal on the same day, which would see an end to bombardment and would prompt the release of 33 captives and more than 1000 Palestinian prisoners, The New Arab reported on January 15th.
On January 15th, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Than, the Qatari Prime Minister, confirmed that a ceasefire deal has been reached, according to the New Arab.
But the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also said that Hamas is “creating a last-minute crisis” that could jeopardise the ceasefire deal made between his country and the Palestinian group on January 15th, according to The National.
In a statement, the office accused the group of “backing out” on some areas of the agreement, as reported by The National on January 16th. The office also said that the cabinet would not meet to approve the agreement of the ceasefire in the Gaza strip and the liberation of dozens of hostages until Hamas stops creating the apparent “crisis,” Asharq Al-Awsat via AP reported.
Netanyahu’s office alleged that Hamas was going back on parts of the agreement in order to “to extort last minute concessions.” But it did not expand on this.
In response to the accusations, Senior Hamas leader Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP: “There is no basis to Netanyahu’s claims about the movement backtracking from terms in the ceasefire agreement,” The Telegraph reported.
Israel’s brutal war on the Gaza Strip ultimately revived discussions surrounding the importance of the two-state solution.
The creation of the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution was announced in September, with the aim of achieving the two-state agreement.
The first two meetings of the alliance were held in Saudi Arabia in October and Brussels in November.
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Eide said in a statement, “[W]e must also work for a lasting solution to the conflict [in Gaza] that guarantees self-determination, security and justice for both the Palestinians and the Israelis,” The New Arab reports.
The New Arab and Agencies, official website of the European Union, The Telegraph via AFP, The National, Anadolu Agency, Asharq Al-Awsat via AP