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Rice: U.S. does not recognize use of ‘Palestine’
Participation in United Nations forums that refer to a "State of Palestine" does not constitute U.S. recognition of Palestinian statehood, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice said.
Obama: ‘Israel doesn’t know what its own best interests are’
President Obama has said privately that "Israel doesn’t know what its own best interests are,” columnist Jeffrey Goldberg wrote.
Obama administration: PLO’s U.N. elevation broke no laws
The Obama administration said the Palestinians' ascension in U.N. membership status did not violate U.S. law.
Netanyahu thanks Czech Republic for support
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the Czech Republic for standing with Israel against a United Nations resolution that gave the Palestinians enhanced statehood status.
Senate amendment penalizing Palestinians for U.N. status does not pass
A U.S. Senate amendment that would have penalized Palestinians for seeking non-member state status at the United Nations was not attached to its intended law.
Palestinians see U.N. gambit as step toward reconciliation
Palestinians took to the streets of Ramallah on Thursday night and into the early hours of Friday morning to celebrate the UN General Assembly vote bestowing non-member status to “Palestine.”
U.N. bid finds Palestinian leadership between a rock and a hard place
The arguments for and against the latest Palestinian bid for statehood status at the United Nations come down to which is the faster path to irrelevancy.
Palestinians considering new UN statehood bid
The Palestinian Authority is considering a bid in September to be a U.N. “non-member observer state.”
PA official: Romney recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital ‘unacceptable’
Former Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said that Mitt Romney’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was “unacceptable.”
World Bank: PA economy not strong enough to support a state
The Palestinian economy is not yet strong enough to support a sovereign state because of its heavy reliance on foreign aid, according to a World Bank report.
Majority of Israelis, Palestinians don’t expect Palestinian state in next 5 years
A large majority of Israelis and Palestinians do not expect a Palestinian state to be established in the next five years.
Abbas swears in new Palestinian Authority Cabinet
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a new Cabinet, in a move that could spell the end of a Fatah-Hamas unity government
Palestinians to deliver Netanyahu ultimatum on talks
The Palestinian prime minister plans to use a rare meeting set for Tuesday with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver a letter detailing Palestinian grievances on stalled peace talks.
Canada mounted intensive campaign against U.N. Palestinian statehood vote
Canada mounted an intensive lobbying campaign last year to persuade other countries to oppose a United Nations vote on Palestinian statehood, a Canadian newspaper reported.
Iceland votes to recognize Palestinian state
Prime Minister Fayyad: ‘Unity and Non-violence’ requisites for statehood
With skepticism rife over a Fatah-Hamas rapprochement and the Hamas demand to replace him, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, the man credited with energizing the movement toward statehood and the man Western governments want holding the PA’s purse strings, discusses the pending issues with Friedson Friedson, President and CEO of The Media Line news agency, at his Ramallah office. Below is the first of two sessions between Prime Minister Fayyad and Ms. Friedson.
U.N. panel draft signals Palestinian statehood bid doomed
A key U.N. Security Council committee could not reach consensus on whether Palestine should be accepted as a U.N. member, a draft report said in the latest sign the Palestinian U.N. bid is doomed.
Local Palestinians remain loyal to their roots
Palestinian-American Anwar Abdo was only a toddler when his family fled eastward from the earthy orange groves of Jaffa to the white stone city of Amman during Israel’s War of Independence.
Despite UNESCO victory, Palestinian statehood push running aground
They may have scored a victory at UNESCO, but the Palestinians are running into new obstacles on their push for statehood recognition at the United Nations.
Protestant leaders call for U.N. endorsement of Palestinian membership
Leaders of four American Protestant denominations issued a statement endorsing the Palestinian U.N. bid for statehood.
Appropriators warn UNESCO on ‘Palestine’
The U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee that controls foreign funding warned UNESCO in a letter that it risks a funding cutoff if it gives the Palestinians statehood status.
Congress looks to punish Palestinians, but cuts to security aid pose dilemma
If the Palestinians don’t pull back from their statehood push, congressional cuts in aid are inevitable, U.S. lawmakers say. Just how comprehensive such cuts will be, however, could end up depending on Israel’s stance on the issue.
Council takes first step on Palestinian U.N. bid
The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday took its first step on the Palestinian application to join the United Nations by handing it to a committee that will review and assess it in the coming weeks.
Netanyahu rejects widespread criticism of homes plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rejected Western and Arab complaints that the planned construction of 1,100 new homes in Gilo on annexed land close to Jerusalem would complicate Middle East peace efforts.
Opinion: Moral dimension of Palestinian statehood
I felt terribly guilty when Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told the U.N. General Assembly: “Enough! It is time for the Palestinian people to gain their freedom and independence.” How can we deny to others what we claim for ourselves?
U.S., EU condemn Israeli plan to expand settlement
Israel approved on Tuesday the construction of 1,100 settlement homes on annexed land in the West Bank, complicating global efforts to renew peace talks and defuse a crisis over a Palestinian statehood bid at the United Nations.
After week of U.N. speeches, the ball is now in Palestinians’ court
After the mutual accusations of ethnic cleansing and the sarcastic posturing, the ball is back in the Palestinians’ court.
Dueling narratives: Palestinians seek pride; Israelis fear mischief
Visiting Ramallah a few short weeks ago, the preponderance of replies to questions about what will follow the Palestinian UN gambit were remarkably similar to those heard in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
U.N. speech boosts Bibi’s ratings in Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's popularity has climbed in Israel after a hard-hitting speech at the United Nations opposing a Palestinian bid for statehood, an opinion poll showed on Monday.
Israel police arrest Hamas lawmaker in East Jerusalem
Israeli police arrested a Hamas lawmaker on Monday who had been sheltering for more than a year in the International Red Cross (ICRC) offices in East Jerusalem, a police spokesman said.
Opinion: The dangerous alternate Middle East reality
In the lead-up to the Palestinian application for full membership in the United Nations later this week, we can expect nation after nation to vilify the Jewish state and to walk out when Prime Minister Netanyahu takes the microphone.
In U.N. speeches, Abbas, Netanyahu trade charges of ‘ethnic cleansing’
Mahmoud Abbas outlined a vision for an independent Palestine that hewed to the two-state formula but also revived rhetoric that hearkened back to an era of Palestinian belligerence.
Netanyahu to U.N.: Palestinians want state without peace [VIDEO]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Palestinians of wanting statehood without peace.
In U.S. speech, Abbas commits to two states, but amps up fiery rhetoric
Mahmoud Abbas outlined a vision for an independent Palestine that hewed to the two-state formula but also revived rhetoric that hearkened back to an era of Palestinian belligerence.
In Ramallah, West Bank Palestinians divided between celebratory and cynical
A larger-than-life sky-blue chair with the word “Palestine” dominates the center of Manara Square in downtown Ramallah.
Opinion: We know Abbas will fail, but it'll be a Palestinian moral victory
A throng of young Palestinians charge the stage with what could easily be seen as malicious intent - if their vigorous stampede hadn't been in sync with a performance of Dabke, the traditional Arabic folk dance that literally translates as "the stamping of the feet."
Bill Clinton: Netanyahu isn’t interested in Mideast peace deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is responsible for the inability to reach a peace deal that would end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Thursday.
Abbas asks for Palestinian state [VIDEO]
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas applied for statehood recognition.
Opinion: The only road to statehood
Last week, a plan of action “to mobilize international support for the Palestinian bid” for United Nations recognition of the state of Palestine was approved at the Arab League meeting in Doha, Qatar.
Russia says it backs Palestinian U.N. statehood bid
Russia will support the Palestinian Authority's statehood bid at the United Nations next week.
Opinion: A Palestinian state must come from negotiations
To establish its independence, Israel had to win a war against the combined might of the Arab nations in 1948.
Opinion: Israel should support the Palestinian statehood push
Israelis and Jews around the world are awaiting the Palestinians’ push at the United Nations for statehood with trepidation.
US aid threat not deterring Palestinian UN option
Palestinian plans to petition the United Nations for recognition and membership as an independent Palestinian state are going forward despite intense diplomatic pressure to back down. On Thursday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told foreign journalists that efforts by Israel and the U.S. are “too late” and that even if Israel would present a package of incentives for returning to the bargaining table, “We would first go to the UN and then negotiate.”
China announces support for Palestinian UN statehood bid
China says it supports a Palestinian plan to seek full membership in the United Nations next month.
U.S. threatens to cut off Gaza aid
The U.S. State Department threatened to withdraw more than $100 million in aid to Gaza if Hamas leaders do not end demands to audit American charities working there.
‘All hands’ needed in September, Oren tells Jewish Dems
Israeli ambassador Michael Oren told Jewish Democrats that Israel needs “all hands on deck” ahead of a Palestinian push for statehood.
Palestinians announce official decision to ask U.N. for statehood
The Palestinian leadership officially decided to go ahead with plans to ask the United Nations for recognition as an independent state.
Ahead of Palestinian U.N. gambit, Europe is in play
It was a sign that ties between the Obama and Netanyahu administrations remain strong despite the apparent tensions two weeks ago when the two leaders met at the White House. On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shot down a French proposal for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that had put the Israeli leader in a quandary.
Israel considers options on Palestinian statehood bid
While U.S. officials are running a full-court diplomatic press against the Palestinian bid for U.N. recognition of statehood this September and officials at international Jewish organizations are trying to convince foreign leaders to oppose statehood, the Israeli government appears to be taking a different approach: acceptance. On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a Knesset committee that there is no way to stop the U.N. General Assembly from recognizing Palestinian statehood.
What are the options to derail Palestinian statehood at the U.N.?
Remember the tension a couple of weeks ago between Israel and the United States? That was all about avoiding tension between Israel and the rest of the world. That’s what Obama administration officials are telling Jewish officials looking ahead to September, when the Palestinians are expected to press for statehood recognition through the U.N. General Assembly.
Recognize Palestinian statehood—Today
At 4:00 in the afternoon, sixty-three years ago today, Zionist leader David Ben-Gurion took to the podium in the auditorium of the Tel Aviv Museum to make a bold and historic announcement. The preceding days had been filled with often difficult deliberations among Zionist leaders over whether to move ahead with it in the face of American opposition. Eventually, Ben-Gurion garnered enough support among his colleagues to carry the day. On May 14, the fifth of Iyar in the Hebrew calendar, he stood and declared with a sense of historical moment: “We hereby proclaim the establishment of the Jewish state in Palestine, to be known as the State of Israel.” For Ben-Gurion and fellow Zionists, this announcement brought to an end the millennial aspiration of “Jews…in every successive generation to re-establish themselves in their ancient homeland.”
Jewish groups strategize for statehood debate at UN
The path to international recognition of Palestinian statehood by September — when the Palestinians plan to bring the matter before the U.N. General Assembly — seems clear. The question before Israel and its supporters who oppose such recognition is how to create a detour.
EU will not recognize unilaterally declared Palestinian state
The European Union will not recognize Palestinian statehood until an "appropriate" time, its Foreign Affairs Council said in a statement.
Argentina joins Brazil in recognizing Palestinian state
Argentina has recognized a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, according to a note sent from President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to Mahmoud Abbas.
Netanyahu updates Cabinet on U.S. settlement freeze proposal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will present to his Cabinet an American proposal to convince Israel to again freeze settlement construction in an effort to resume peace talks with the Palestinians.
Clinton: Palestinian Relief Aimed at Statehood
The Arafat Factor
According to a poll released last week by Americans for Peace Now (APN) and the Arab American Institute (AAI), U.S. Jews continue to support an active Mideast peace process and a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians, despite two years of horrific terrorism and the bitter disappointment of a peace process turned sour.
Around Town
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat came to town this week, seeking Washington's blessing for Palestinian statehood in return for postponing a unilateral declaration on May 4, when the interim Oslo period expires.
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