The State Department said Monday it would not participate in an initiative from France and Saudi Arabia at the United Nations supporting a two-state solution to the Israeli and Palestinian conflict, criticizing the summit as harmful to ceasefire efforts between Israel and Hamas.

State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said the U.N. two-state solution conference is an "ill-advised stunt that will further embolden Hamas and undermine our serious diplomatic efforts to end the war."

“The United States will not participate in the July UN two-state solution conference,” Bruce wrote on social platform X. “We will continue to work with partners towards a resolution.”

President Trump has held back from endorsing long-standing U.S. policy supporting a two-state solution........

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