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Board of Peace official says Gaza, West Bank escalation makes two-state solution 'impossible'

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Nickolay Mladenov, a top official with the US-backed Board of Peace, stated that the current escalation in Gaza and the West Bank makes a two-state solution "impossible". He spoke at a forum in Abu Dhabi on Monday, citing rising violence in both regions. According to Mladenov, more than 50% of Gaza is under Israeli control, while less than 50% is controlled by Hamas, making a political resolution to the conflict unlikely. A roadmap agreed upon by Hamas last July aims to decommission its weapons with international supervision.
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Nickolay Mladenov, a top official with the US-backed Board of Peace, has stated that the escalation of violence in Gaza and the West Bank is making a two-state solution "practically impossible". He made this comment at the Hili Forum in Abu Dhabi on September 7. Mladenov noted that more than 50% of Gaza is under Israeli control, while less than 50% is controlled by Hamas, and that there is no credible pathway to a political resolution due to these circumstances. The Board of Peace is tasked with implementing an October ceasefire plan in Gaza.

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Gaza Hamas Israel Israeli the West Bank

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Gaza GPE · 8× Hamas ORG · 4× Israel GPE · 3× Israeli NORP · 3× the West Bank GPE · 3× Board of Peace ORG · 2× Palestinian NORP · 2× Abu Dhabi GPE · 1× Nickolay Mladenov PERSON · 1× the Hili Forum ORG · 1×

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“Because, with everything that is happening in the West Bank, and with more than 50 per cent of Gaza now under the control of the Israeli army and less than 50 per cent under the control of Hamas, there is no credible pathway forward to a political resolution of the conflict,” he added.
framing: assertive · carried by 2 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-07
🔮 “I would say that if Gaza continues the way it is now, or does not move into implementing… the plan that we have under the comprehensive plan, the two-state solution will become practically impossible,” he said.

Claims (15 extracted, 0 hedged)

A top official within the US-backed Board of Peace said on Monday that a failure to move forward in Gaza paired with rising violence in the West Bank are making a two-state solution “impossible”. asserted
solution → back → Bank
Nickolay Mladenov, the high representative for Gaza under the US-backed Board of Peace tasked with implementing an October 2025 ceasefire plan, was speaking at the Hili Forum in Abu Dhabi. asserted
Mladenov → back → Dhabi
“I would say that if Gaza continues the way it is now, or does not move into implementing… the plan that we have under the comprehensive plan, the two-state solution will become practically impossible,” he said. asserted
he → say → plan
“Because, with everything that is happening in the West Bank, and with more than 50 per cent of Gaza now under the control of the Israeli army and less than 50 per cent under the control of Hamas, there is no credible pathway forward to a political resolution of the conflict,” he added. asserted
he → happen → conflict
A roadmap agreed by Hamas on July 30 said that the decommissioning of weapons would be supervised by the International Stabilisation Force, the nascent unit that aims to deploy to Gaza if the situation calms. asserted
situation → agree → Gaza
It is led by US Major General Jasper Jeffers. asserted
It → lead → Jeffers
Hamas had pledged to hand over its weapons to a new Palestinian governing body, an arrangement that brought scepticism from Netanyahu but which Trump hailed as a breakthrough. asserted
Trump → pledge → breakthrough
The West Bank has also seen a surge in violence since Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip began following Hamas’s attack on Israel on Oct 7, 2023. asserted
war → see → Oct
More than 500,000 Israelis live in illegal settlements in the Palestinian territory, home to some three million Palestinians. asserted
Israelis → live → Palestinians
“The only way that we can build back to that is if we have transitional governance, if we have decommissioning of weapons, if we have withdrawal in Gaza,” he said. asserted
he → build → Gaza
On Sunday, Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a US envoy, told a press briefing in Kyiv that the upcoming Israeli elections were making Israeli leaders “a little irrational” on Gaza. asserted
leaders → tell → Gaza
“We agree with them on the end state,” Kushner said, referring to Israel. asserted
Kushner → agree → Israel
“They just have a crazy election and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards, but we’re very determined and we’re working through these things.” asserted
we → make → things
“You can’t go in if there’s guns,” he said, adding: “We’re now starting to understand the scope of the militarisation of Gaza. asserted
We → go → Gaza
And so demilitarising it is not going to be easy.” asserted
demilitarising → demilitarise → it
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