France to Recognize Palestinian Statehood
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The UK should immediately recognise the state of Palestine, a majority of MPs on the Commons foreign affairs committee have said. It comes as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer faces fresh calls from within Labour's ranks to make the move,
A Palestinian teenager died on Friday from wounds inflicted by Israeli gunfire during a military raid on a refugee camp in the northern West Bank city of Nablus earlier this week, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa tells CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that the international community needs to “seriously pressure Israel” to open Gaza’s borders and allow aid in, as Israel faces accusations of causing “man-made” mass starvation in the strip.
Georges Abdallah, a 74-year-old Lebanese teacher who became a left-wing symbol for the Palestinian cause, is to be freed by France on Friday after 41 years in jail.
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff blames Hamas as Gaza ceasefire talks stall yet again, bringing no hope for Palestinian children who are "starving to death."
Britain supports eventual recognition of a Palestinian state, but the immediate priority should be alleviating the suffering in Gaza and securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a British cabinet minister said on Friday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than half of the Democrats in the U.S. Senate called on President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday to conduct an independent investigation into the death of Saif Musallet, an American citizen beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.