Posts Tagged: Palestinian Statehood
It’s Not Time for a Palestinian State
JNS.org - There he was, the Palestinian Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas, lying on the floor kicking his feet in anger over the U.S. veto of a...
US Stops UN From Recognizing a Palestinian State Through Membership
The United States on Thursday effectively stopped the United Nations from recognizing a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny...
UN Security Council to Vote Thursday on Palestinian UN Membership
The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Thursday on a Palestinian bid for full UN membership, said diplomats, a move that Israel's...
Top US Lawmakers Slam Palestinian Push for Full UN Membership as Dangerous ‘Ploy’
Senior US lawmakers in leading positions to influence America foreign policy in Congress on Tuesday lambasted the latest Palestinian campaign to become a full member...
UN Security Council Refers Palestinian Application to Become Full UN Member to Committee
The United Nations Security Council president on Monday referred the Palestinian Authority's application to become a full member of the world body to the committee...
Saudi Foreign Minister: Normalization with Israel Requires Giving the Palestinians a State
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said in an interview with Bloomberg Thursday said that normalization between Israel and the kingdom would...
Saudi Price for Ties With Israel Is Palestinian State: Saudi Royal
Saudi Arabia's price for normalizing relations with Israel is the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, a senior member of the Saudi...
Israeli UN Envoy: Time Has Come for World to Recognize Jerusalem as Our Capital
The time has come for the international community to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the Jewish state’s UN envoy said in a letter to the...
Jordan’s King Tells Trump Adviser Peace Can Only Come With a Palestinian State
Jordan's King Abdullah told US President Donald Trump's adviser Jared Kushner on Wednesday that a lasting Middle East peace can only come with the creation...
Kushner Urges World to Keep ‘Open Mind’ About Yet-to-Be-Unveiled Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner urged a group of ambassadors on Wednesday to keep an "open mind" about President Donald Trump's upcoming Israeli-Palestinian peace...
Netanyahu’s Main Election Rival Sidesteps Palestinian Statehood Question
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strongest election rival, former army general Benny Gantz, said on Tuesday he would seek peace with the Palestinians but stopped...
Kushner Makes Little Headway on Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan During Gulf Visit
White House adviser Jared Kushner made a whirlwind visit this week to rally US-allied Gulf Arab allies to support his still-unannounced Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, the leaked contours...
Kushner, in Gulf, Says US Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan Addresses Borders Issue
White House adviser Jared Kushner, giving a broad outline of a US peace plan for the Middle East, said it will address final-status issues of...
Israeli UN Ambassador: ‘We Are Preparing to Stop’ Palestinian Bid for Full Membership
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said on Thursday his country was "preparing to stop" a Palestinian bid to become a full member state...
