Norway, Ireland and Spain made a coordinated announcement on May 22, declaring their recognition of Palestine as a state effective as of May 28. With over 140 countries already having recognized a Palestinian state, this represents more than two-thirds of the United Nations' membership.■...
Palestine formally applies for full UN membership Despite mounting pressures, including the repeated U.S. veto threats, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has formally presented the application letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a bid to seek the UN recognition of Palestine as a full ...
In a press release, the bureau warmly welcomes the recent recognition of the State of Palestine by Barbados, the Bahamas, Ireland, Jamaica, Norway, Spain, and Trinidad and Tobago, said the bureau, which steers the committee under the UN General Assembly. The bureau commends the determination o...
Palestine has, for a while now, sought to become a member of the United Nations, and thereby officially being recognized as a state in the international community. What better time than in the thick of the revolutionary changes in the Arab World, for Palestine to push for its recognition ...
MOTIVES FOR (NON) RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO AND PALESTINE States that do not recognize Kosovo may recognize Palestine and vice versa. The level of political conflict between the state claiming independence and the ... S Daku,B Haziri,L Shabani - 《Environmental & Social Management Journal》 被引量...
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced a new bill to Congress with 57 co-sponsors which proposes slashing America's financial contribution to any part of the UN that supports the vote on the recognition of Palestine on September 20.Ros-Lehtinen ...
In protest, an Israeli group called the “Women of the Wall” has been holding monthly services there for the past twenty years, advocating for their “social and legal recognition of (their) right, as women, to wear prayer shawls, pray and read from the Torah collectively and out loud ...
Sabri Saidam, a member of the central committee of Fatah — the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization — told Al Jazeera that the consensus should pave the way for full recognition of the rights of Palestinians and the independence of the State of Palestine. ...
The Palestinians won its statehood bid in 2012 because of the international recognition of Palestine as a state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, Abu Rdineh noted. "We are keen to urge the international community to turn this into a reality," he said. ...
The overwhelming vote in favor of the resolution shows the natural response of the international community to the U.S. recognition of the illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, al-Maliki said. The Palestinian diplomacy will topple all attempts to undermine the Palestinian people's right to...