Tag: Palestinian Authority

Palestinian leader to address UN as peace push gathers steam

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas will address the United Nations virtually on Thursday as the United States, despite its…

What does it mean and how would it come about?

Some 160 states have signed up to recognize a Palestinian state. In the last week, the United Kingdom,…

Palestinians rally in West Bank to celebrate statehood recognition

Crowds of people rallied in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, waving flags and holding posters of president…

France, others to recognize Palestinian state as UN week gets underway

France and other countries prepared to recognize a Palestinian state as the UN's centerpiece diplomatic week gets underway…

Canada, Australia join UK in recognising Palestinian statehood

Canada and Australia have joined the United Kingdom in formally recognising Palestinian statehood, even as Israel plans to…

Trump goes into UN gathering isolated but defiant on path ahead for Gaza

When President Donald Trump delivers the first address of his second term to the annual gathering of global…

UK to recognise Palestinian state ahead of UN debate

Britain was set Sunday to recognise a Palestinian state with a landmark announcement due from Prime Minister Keir…

UK PM Starmer to recognise Palestinian statehood before UNGA meeting

More than 100 years after the Balfour Declaration backed “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for…

A Palestinian state has never seemed further away

The quest for Palestinian independence is set to get a major boost as several diplomatic heavyweights, including the…

UN allows Palestinian President Abbas to speak via video after US denies visa

By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to allow Palestinian President…

France’s Macron welcomes the arrest in the West Bank of Palestinian suspect in the 1982 Paris attack

PARIS (AP) — France's president on Friday welcomed the arrest this week in the occupied West Bank of…

Palestinian gunmen shoot dead six people in east Jerusalem attack: foreign minister

Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in east Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people and wounding…