Palestinian President MahmoudAbbas has welcomed Frances ultimatum to Tel Aviv that Paris will recognize Palestine as an independent state should a new push to revive Israel-Palestinian talks fail. Abbas made the commentson Saturday in an address to the opening ceremony of the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Unionin the ...

France will recognise a Palestinian state if a final push that Paris plans to lead for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians fails, its foreign minister said on Friday. U.S.-led efforts to broker peace for a two-state solution collapsed in April 2014 and since then there have been no serious efforts to resume talks. Foreign ...

The Obama administration is putting further pressure against Israel by showing that it is ready for a UN Security Council resolution about the creation of a Palestinian state. The Wall Street Journal reported Washington left open the possibility of letting the United Nations set a deadline for a Palestinian state. France is expected to introduce ...

[caption id="attachment_143783" align="alignright" width="175"] Swedish FM Margot Wallstrom will not be visting Israel following remarks made by her Israeli counterpart. (File photo: The Associated Press)[/caption] Swedens Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom has slammed Israel over its reaction to Stockholms recognition of the Palestinian state, stressing ...

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 ...

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 ...

[caption id="attachment_115878" align="alignright" width="149"] U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at Queen Alia Airport Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 in Amman, Jordan. Kerry is traveling to the mideast this week to discuss ways to bolster the stability of the new Iraqi government and combat the Islamic State militant group that has taken over ...