Andrew Ross Sorkin

So that was the first time that I entered the U.N.

Is this what we want?

Is it one state, two states?

And that journey took a long time, the 80s.

the 90s, then the Oslo Agreement.

You see, we went through cycles.

Hopes, then they go down.

The same thing after October 7.

There were sympathies in the first few days with the families of the victims as a result of October 7th.

the images of mothers embracing their motionless bodies, caressing their hair, talking to them, apologizing to them.

It's unbearable.

How could anyone tolerate this sorrow?

Excuse me, Mr. President.

It created a tremendous amount of support and empathy and solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Now the international community, enough is enough.

We're not going to continue going through cycles, up and down, up and down.

This time, we're going to stop this war

and allow the two-state solution to become a reality.

This is the moment.

I stand before you today beneath the emblem of the United Nations to confirm the historic decision of the British government to recognize the state of Palestine.