Posts Tagged: Palestinian state recognition
Jewish Democrats Tell White House to Stop Blaming Stalled Peace Process on Netanyahu
JNS.org - In a meeting with deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes, a dozen Jewish Democrats serving in the House of Representatives asked the White...
Obama Says US Considering Support of Palestinian State at UN
JNS.org - President Barack Obama said at a news conference on Tuesday that the US is considering the possibility of supporting the unilateral recognition...
UK Joins United States in Declining to Support Palestinian UN Resolution
JNS.org - The United Kingdom has joined the United States in declining to support a Palestinian draft resolution in the United Nations Security Council...
EU Parliament Supports Palestinian State Based on Pre-1967 Lines
JNS.org - Members of the European Union's (EU) parliament on Wednesday passed a resolution supporting "in principle recognition of Palestinian statehood and the two-state solution."...
French Senate, Irish Parliament Pass Non-Binding Palestinian Statehood Measures
JNS.org - The French Senate and the Irish Parliament have passed non-binding measures calling on their respective governments to recognize unilateral Palestinian statehood. French senators...
Foreign Minister Says France Will Recognize Palestinian State if Peace Talks Fail
JNS.org - France is calling on the international community to make one "final" push towards resolving the diplomatic impasse between the Israelis and Palestinians amid...
Denmark and France to Join European Nations Voting on Palestinian State
JNS.org - A vote by the European Parliament on the recognition of a Palestinian state has been postponed from this week to mid-December. The...
The Peace Gangsters
A prominent leftist policy activist went on Israeli radio to gloat right after Britain's House of Commons symbolically recognized a Palestinian Arab state. "We have been...
Poll: Vast Majority of Israeli Jews Oppose Palestinian State
JNS.org - A vast majority of Jewish Israelis oppose the creation of a Palestinian state, the division of Jerusalem, and giving up the Jordan...
Envoys Concerned Over U.K. Parliament’s Palestinian State Recognition
JNS.org - The British ambassador to Israel, Matthew Gould, expressed concern over Monday's symbolic vote in the British Parliament to recognize a Palestinian state....
UK Ambassador to Israel: Deadlock in Peace Process May Negatively Affect Britain-Israel Relations
Jerusalem Post - Continued deadlock in the peace process and additional settlement building could have a negative consequence on Britain's relationship with Israel in the...
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron Abstaining From ‘Palestine’ Vote
JNS.org - Although the British parliament is voting Monday night on whether or not to recognize a Palestinian state, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron...
A Palestinian State — Not a Priority
The Palestinian issue has benefited from the Arab/Muslim talk, but -- due to the Palestinian record of intra-Arab subversion -- has never been supported by...
Swiss Government Grants Palestinian Authority Permission to Join Geneva Conventions
JNS.org - The Swiss government on Friday announced that it has approved the Palestinian Authority's (PA) bid for accession to the Geneva Conventions, Swiss foreign...
