France and Saudi Arabia have urged countries at the United Nations to support a new political plan that calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and sets out concrete steps toward creating a Palestinian state.

Saudi Arabia and France on Tuesday called on countries at the United Nations to support a declaration that outlines "tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps" towards implementing a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.

It will be within the framework of the special UN conference held this Monday and tomorrow in New York. "The creation of the State of Palestine has never been so threatened and has never been so necessary,

In the aftermath of French President Emmanuel Macron’s declaration that France would recognize the state of Palestine, U.N. representatives are outlining a plan for a two-state solution as pressure mounts for governments to get onboard.

Lots of people have been talking about the two-state solution,” Mr Leeser told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “That can only happen when the Palestinian actors acknowledge Israel’s right to exist.” Liberal MP Julian Leeser discusses the complexities of a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine.