“These are misguided resolutions and if adopted would reinstate the failed policies of the Biden administration and would abandon America’s closest ally in the Middle East,” Republican Senator James E. Risch of Idaho and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on the Senate floor.

Shaheen said in a statement that Israel has a right to defend its citizens, but added: "it is clear that the Government of Israel has not conducted its military operations in Gaza

The U.N. General Assembly has brought high-level officials together to promote a two-state solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Government ministers from more than 100 countries on Monday gathered at the United Nations to consider a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

OTTAWA/JERUSALEM, July 30 (Reuters) - Canada plans to recognize the State of Palestine at a meeting of the United Nations in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Wednesday, ratcheting up pressure on Israel as starvation spreads in Gaza.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada plans to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations summit in September, following France and clashing with the US and Israel.

A U.N. meeting, amid increasing anger at Israel over widespread deprivation in Gaza, called on nations to recognize statehood for Palestine.