UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Diplomats struggled to find a formula on Thursday to avoid a clash over the Middle East as time ticked down on Palestinian plans to ask the United Nations to recognise their statehood, Reuters reported. President Mahmoud Abbas is pushing ahead with plans to submit the Palestinian […]
United Nations (CNN) — As the international community works on a package of initiatives to avoid a diplomatic showdown over Palestinian statehood at the U.N. Security Council this week, the presidents of the United States and the Palestinian Authority will meet to discuss the issue, a senior U.S. official told […]
by Brendan Work, PALESTINE NEWS NETWORK It begins like a joke and ends like a prayer: a rabbi walks into a Palestinian city and shouts, “Allahu akbar!” The rabbi is settler leader Menachem Froman, the city is Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, and in his Monday evening speech at […]
These days we have the charade of Palestine trying to become a member of the United Nations and Israel and the United States (especially) trying frantically to keep them out. The United States can do it easily with its ‘Veto power’ at the UN Security Council. Personally I do not […]
A majority of more than two-to-one people around the world back UN recognition of Palestine as an independent state, according to a poll in 19 countries. (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – A majority of more than two-to-one people around the world back UN recognition of Palestine as an independent state, […]
SOURCE: JORDAN TIMES Despite His Majesty King Abdullah’s repeated assurances that the so-called Jordanian option is nonsensical and devoid of basis, there are some still determined to cling to this imaginary threat and exploit it to sow distrust and undermine the course of the Kingdom. There are still some who […]
ARABNEWS US accepts the idea of a Palestinian state in principle; how can it oppose at UN? It is official. Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas has formally declared he will ask the Security Council to approve full membership of a Palestinian state at the United Nations, a move which is a […]
AMMAN (Jordan Times) – His Majesty King Abdullah left on Saturday for the US to head the Jordanian delegation to the 66th session of the UN General Assembly, which will start in New York on September 19. King Abdullah will deliver an address before the UN General Assembly in which […]
In the wake of Palestinian determination to seek statehood at the UN General Assembly in a few days, some readers may wonder what it’s all about. Through a series of questions and answers, perhaps one can be more enlightened on this decades-long struggle. Why are they insisting to go […]
Palestine is people, culture and nation that cannot be denied nor oppressed by any force, no matter how powerful it claims to be – more you oppress the people, more they will rise with determination, foresight and power to seek freedom from foreign occupation and slavery of the few. “The […]
Source / Courtesy: CNN By Isaac Herzog, Foreign Affairs This coming week, the Palestinian Authority intends to ask the United Nations to vote for Palestinian statehood during the annual session of the General Assembly. The Palestinian bid represents Israel’s greatest political challenge in years. Although the United States has promised […]
“Despite the pressures that we face, Palestine goes to the UN on the 23rd of this month to seek admission as a full member,” Abbas told Egyptian TV on Wednesday, as quoted by Agence France-Presse. On Thursday Netanyahu announced that he too would address the United Nations, to set out […]
Rally calling for closure of Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital could mount into scenes like those seen in Cairo by Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian Staff at the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital Amman left the city ahead of a demonstration planned for Thursday evening, fearing a repetition of […]
By Annie Slemrod, The Daily Star , Beirut, Lebanon Palestinian refugees will not become citizens of a new Palestinian state, according to Palestine’s ambassador to Lebanon. From behind a desk topped by a miniature model of Palestine’s hoped-for blue United Nations chair, Ambassador Abdullah Abdullah spoke to The Daily Star […]
By AGENCIES ARABNEWS CAIRO: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan blasted Israel and said recognition of a Palestinian state is an “obligation,” as he kicked off in Egypt a tour to bolster Ankara’s ties with new Arab regimes. “A Palestinian child crying in Gaza wrenches a mother’s heart in Ankara,” […]
By Hani Hazaimeh, JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – A former senior official and political analyst has acknowledged that he raised the issue of Jordanians of Palestinian origin with US diplomats in Amman, as shown by cables released by Wikileaks. Former political adviser to His Majesty the late King Hussein, Adnan Abu […]
Obama: Palestinian statehood vote at UN would be counterproductive U.S. president says he would oppose vote if it reaches the UN Security Council, calls efforts ‘distraction’. U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that if the Palestinians try to achieve statehood in the United Nations Security Council, the U.S. would oppose […]
AMMAN (Jordan Times) – His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday reiterated that resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the basis of the two-state solution is the path to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East. During a meeting with international Quartet for Mideast peace representative Tony Blair, the two sides discussed […]
By Shane McGinley, ArabianBusinessCom Hanan Ashrawi is laughing heartily. With rockets shooting over the Gaza Strip and the conflict escalating, the job of a Palestinian politician is usually a pretty serious task. Therefore, it is a welcome sign that she can enjoy some light relief from time to time. So […]
JERUSALEM — The Palestinians will announce Monday what path they will take to seek UN membership or some other form of recognition as an independent state by the world body this month, the Palestinian UN envoy said Friday. Riyad Mansour told reporters on Friday that the Palestinian leadership will make […]