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Palestinians Seek Full Membership in UNESCO
Despite strong opposition from the United States, the Palestinians are seeking full membership in UNESCO – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which is currently meeting in Paris. The move jeopardizes America’s...
Security Council to Convene in a Formal Meeting Wednesday to Consider Palestine’s Application for Membership
The U.N. Security Council on Monday took up the issue of the Palestinian bid for full U.N. membership. The meeting was mostly procedural and that the council is expected to meet again on the subject later this week.
Abbas Upsets the Apple Cart
I suspect that many would not agree, but one way to read yesterday’s application for recognition submitted by Mahmoud Abbas to the United Nations is as a sign of just how long his patience has endured. In a way he spent decades playing the role...
United States Looking to Stop Any And All Funding to Palestine If Statehood is Pursued
A key committee of the House of Representatives held a hearing on Wednesday to reexamine U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority, if it goes ahead with plans to submit an application to the United Nations for full membership as a state. Envoys for the United...
United States Confirms It Will Veto Palestinians Attempt At Recognition of Statehood
The United States on Thursday confirmed it will veto any bid by the Palestinians to seek statehood recognition in the U.N. Security Council. Meanwhile, U.S. diplomats continue an effort to reconvene direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and avert a political...
Greek Government Offer to Ship Flotilla Aid Rejected By Activists
Organizers of a pro-Palestinian flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip have rejected a Greek government offer that would ferry humanitarian aid to Gaza using its own vessels under United Nations supervision.
Group of Prominent Israeli Figures Urge Europeans to Support Palestinian Statehood Bid
A group of prominent Israeli figures have signed a letter urging European leaders to support a Palestinian bid for statehood recognition from the United Nations.
Jury Out on Egypt’s Promise to Open Rafah
Egypt’s new leadership has promised to open the Rafah crossing into Gaza permanently after more than five years of partial and occasionally full closure, but observers wonder how far this will go to ease the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories...
