Out of 193 UN member states, 147 recognise the state of Palestine - as Canada, the UK and France plan to follow suit ...

Israel’s approval of a settlement project delayed for decades shows how far Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone in ...

Britain has said it will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes steps including alleviating the dire ...

The conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people is one of the longest-running and most violent disputes in the world.

In the case of Palestine, the Jewish settlers in 1948, and the British before that, viewed the desert as empty — something they needed to “make bloom.” But the land was already blooming.

PALESTINE (British Mandate) In the Promised Land Balfour. On Nov. 2, 1917, Mr. Arthur James Balfour, British Foreign Secretary, issued a declaration on behalf of his Government: "His Majesty's ...