Indonesia has reiterated its support for global recognition of Palestine and the pursuit of a fair peace process by enhancing coordination with other countries and international organizations to advocate for Palestine’s statehood status.

“Global recognition of Palestine is crucial in providing Palestine with an equal position in the peace process,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Vahd Nabyl A. Mulachela said as quoted in a statement on Monday, September 15, 2025.

One of Indonesia’s key actions was through participation in the Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on August 25, 2025, where Islamic countries, including Indonesia, united in strong opposition to Israel’s plans for large-scale permanent occupation and annexation of Gaza.

Indonesia has condemned these actions, viewing them as a threat to both regional and global peace. In addition, Indonesia has continued its commitment to providing humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza. Mulachela revealed that Indonesia is also prepared to evacuate patients requiring urgent medical care, as requested by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

As reproted by Al Jazeera, the United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly backed a resolution reviving a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, less than 24 hours after Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there would never be a Palestinian state.

The “New York Declaration”, which outlines “tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps” towards a two-state solution, was adopted on Friday, September 12, 2025 by 142 votes in favor, 10 against – including Israel and key ally the United States – and 12 abstentions.

Presented by France and Saudi Arabia, the seven-page document calls for “collective action to end the war in Gaza, to achieve a just, peaceful and lasting settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the effective implementation of the Two-State solution”.

It also orders Palestinian group Hamas, which runs the government in Gaza, to “free all hostages”, stipulating that it must “end its rule in Gaza and hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority … in line with the objective of a sovereign and independent Palestinian State”.

Palestine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed Saudi-French efforts to create an “actionable plan” towards a two-state solution. The ministry also called for “activating all mechanisms to end the Israeli colonial occupation” and “achieve the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people”.

Attempt to “take negotiation forward”

The UN’s ringing endorsement of the two-state solution came amid Israel’s continued bombardment of Gaza, one day after Netanyahu signed off on a settlement expansion plan in the occupied West Bank that would make any future Palestinian state virtually impossible.

Reporting from New York, Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey said that the vote showed “an incredible amount of pushback from the international community”.

“This shows mounting concern over a lack of progress on … talks, and an attempt by the international community to take the negotiation process forward,” she said.

The vote precedes an upcoming UN summit co-chaired by Riyadh and Paris on September 22, 2025 in New York, in which French President Emmanuel Macron and several other leaders have promised to formally recognize the Palestinian state.

While 146 members of the UN already back a Palestinian state, another 10 or so, including France, Norway, Spain, Ireland and the United Kingdom are expected to join their ranks later this month.

“Crucially, European nations who have been more reluctant to do so under the pressure of the United States and Israel, [are] showing the concerns that the situation on the ground there is becoming all the more dire, no progress is being made,” Saloomey said.