"The international community is on the brink of securing a peace deal for Gaza that could finally bring an end to two years of conflict and a humanitarian crisis that has claimed thousands of lives, Yvette Cooper has suggested. The new foreign secretary, who has just returned from a UN summit, said that they had reached a moment where the world wants to end this war after US president Donald Trump indicated a peace deal was within reach."
"In an interview with the Guardian before the Labour party conference in Liverpool, Cooper urged the Israeli government to urgently change course away from its renewed military offensive on Gaza. Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu said at the UN his country must finish the job. However, the senior Labour politician declined to conclude that Israel was committing genocide in the territory, despite pressure to do so from inside her party, repeating the government's position that was down to a legal process."
"She admitted that words seem hollow in response to the catastrophic situation on the ground and said the priority must be trying to use new momentum behind a peace deal to end the screams and pain of Palestinian children. Cooper, believed to be one of the cabinet ministers who privately pushed Keir Starmer to recognise the Palestinian state, said that while she understood the horror many felt about the humanitarian situation it was her job to focus on ending the war."
International efforts appear close to a Gaza peace deal that could end two years of conflict and a large humanitarian crisis. The new foreign secretary returned from a UN summit and said global momentum exists after the US indicated a deal might be within reach. Calls were made for Israel to change course from its renewed military offensive, while Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu insisted the country must finish its objectives. Legal determinations about genocide were left to formal processes, and attention focused on using momentum to end the suffering of Palestinian children. A US-backed plan proposes a temporary technocratic Gaza administration.
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