Press TV- Britain's opposition Labour Party has announced in its General Election manifesto that a Labour government will immediately recognize a state of Palestine if the party wins the June 8 vote. Revealed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday in Bradford, the manifesto called for an end to Israels blockade and occupation of Palestine ...

Greek legislators from the ruling Syriza political party have told members of Palestinian political parties that Athens intends to officially recognize the State of Palestine. During a Saturday meeting between a Greek parliamentary delegation from the Syriza Party and political parties of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in the occupied ...

Alwaght- Nine EU members - the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Malta, Cyprus and Sweden - have so far recognized Palestine as an independent state while Greece gets ready to join the bandwagon. While the Palestinian president has expressed pride in the Greek parliament, whose relations with the Israeli regime have been ...

[caption id="attachment_156113" align="alignright" width="205"] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to supporters at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv March 18, 2015.[/caption] WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration signaled on Wednesday it could take a tougher stance toward Benjamin Netanyahu following his decisive Israeli election ...

[caption id="attachment_114654" align="alignright" width="184"] Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) sits next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, Sept. 1, 2010. (photo by REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)[/caption] Benjamin Netanyahu declared there would be no Palestinian state if he prevails in todays closely-fought Israeli ...

Tehran, Jan. 13, IRNA - Peace in the Middle East is possible only after the creation of a Palestinian state, said the Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu. He made the statement on Tuesday according to the channel TRT Haber. Davutoglu added that Turkey has always advocated the creation of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. According to TREND,...

Tehran, Jan 5, IRNA Secretary General of the World Assembly on Proximity among Islamic Sects says the Palestinian issue and the Palestinian resistance will be the core issue in the upcoming 28th International Conference on Islamic Unity in Tehran. Ayatollah Mohsen Araki was answering a question posed by qodsna.com on the relevant programs in the ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced he has been discussing plans with Jordan to resubmit a bid for the establishment of a Palestinian state to the UN Security Council after a similar resolution failed to pass last week. "We didn't fail, the UN Security Council failed us. We'll go again to the Security Council, why not? Perhaps ...

Palestine says it will push ahead with its statehood bid despite the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)s recent rejection of a Jordanian-drafted resolution on the issue, Press TV reports. The Palestinian Authority (PA) said it would continue its statehood plans shortly after the resolution fell one vote short in the 15-member council. The resolution ...

Tehran, Jan 1, IRNA -- A senior Iranian diplomat says a wave of diplomatic moves by several European states for recognizing a Palestinian state has actually been designed to shore up the position of Israel in the region. Sayyed Vahid Karimi also told qodsna.com that the European states could no longer ignore a nation that is the real owner of a land,...

The Islamic Republic of Iran says the UN Security Councils rejection of Palestine statehood proposal leaves no legitimate option for the Palestinians but resistance. Minimum demands by the Palestinians were not accepted in the UN and international circles, said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham on Wednesday, adding, This shows that ...

Russia has warned that the United Nations Security Councils failure to approve a draft resolution demanding the recognition of an independent Palestinian state could plunge the Middle East into insecurity and violence. The inaction of the Security Council in this area dooms the situation to a dangerous status quo which we cannot accept. One chance ...

Palestine has lashed out at the United Nations Security Councils failure to approve a draft resolution demanding the recognition of an independent Palestinian state. They had ample opportunity to engage and be part of this effort, said Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, on Tuesday, adding, How long do we have to wait? Earlier ...

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has rejected a draft resolution demanding the recognition of an independent Palestinian state. On Tuesday, the Security Council did not adopt the draft resolution, which called for the recognition of an independent Palestinian state and the termination of the Israeli occupation. The resolution needed to ...

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas says the world is standing with Palestine amid efforts for the recognition of the Palestinian state. He said in a Saturday message to activists of the Fatah movement in the West Bank city of Nablus that several important European countries have voted in favor of recognizing Palestine as an independent state, Israel's ...

[caption id="attachment_140554" align="alignright" width="196"] A protester places a Palestinian flag at the Israeli barrier fence in the West Bank village of Rafat near Ramallah. (File photo)[/caption] Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat says the UN Security Council will vote on a draft resolution calling for the recognition of the Palestinian ...

[caption id="attachment_137724" align="alignright" width="166"] Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting with Palestinian leaders in Ramallah, December 18, 2014.[/caption] Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called on the parliaments of all world countries to recognize Palestine as an independent state after the European Parliament ...

[caption id="attachment_104068" align="alignright" width="167"] Israels Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz[/caption] The Israeli intelligence minister describes as an act of war a Palestinian draft submitted to the UN Security Council to end Israeli occupation by the end of 2017. The Palestinians made sure to remove any mention of Israels status ...

Jordan formally submitted to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday a draft resolution calling for peace between Israel and the Palestinians and the end to Israels occupation of Palestinian territories, Reuters news agency reported. The Palestinian-drafted resolution was formally submitted to the 15-member council, which means it could be ...

The European Parliament supports "in principle recognition of Palestinian statehood and the two state solution, and believes these should go hand in hand with the development of peace talks, which should be advanced", it says in a resolution passed on Wednesday. To support EU diplomatic efforts in the Middle East peace process, it also decided to launch ...