The Knesset adopts Netanyahu’s declaration rejecting the Palestinian state. The declaration says that any permanent agreement with the Palestinians must be reached through direct negotiations between the two sides, and not through international dictates.
Since the start of the war on Gaza last October, the United States has refrained from calling on Israel to cease fire, and continues to supply it with thousands of tons of weapons via an air bridge. The United Nations granted Palestine observer status in 2012, and among the 193 member states of the United Nations, 139 countries have so far recognized Palestine as an independent state.