Showing posts with label statehood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label statehood. Show all posts
Friday, September 26, 2025

Is Trump’s new Palestine plan a breakthrough or diplomatic mirage? Washington’s roadmap aligns surprisingly closely with a UN-backed plan – but key differences could prove unworkable

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Displaced Palestinians at a tent camp in Khan Younis. Photograph: Jehad Alshrafi/AP   Patrick Wintour in New York Thu 25 Sep 2025 “Better ...
Monday, September 22, 2025

"Statehood cannot be declared in press releases while genocide burns Gaza and land is stolen daily in the West Bank. Recognition of Palestine is hollow if it ignores the uprooting of people and the violence that became a daily reality. Better to first recognize the atrocities and confront injustice than to offer symbolic statehood to a people whose very existence is already rooted in their land yet their land, and their lives are under attack." Sliman Mansour of Palestine

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                 A caricature that was published in Al Fajr English language newspaper in the 1990’s. sliman.mansour Statehood cannot be de...
Sunday, September 21, 2025

As its former ambassadors, we urge the EU to sanction Israel now- Europe must not let Gaza become the graveyard of international law and human rights. STATEMENT by Former EU and Member State Ambassadors and Senior Officials

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Palestinians search for wood to sell or use for cooking amid the rubble of a building which was destroyed in an Israeli military strike in ...
Friday, September 19, 2025

UK preparing to recognise Palestinian state as early as Friday- Move comes after Israel fails to meet UK conditions that would have postponed step

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marching in London in May amid increasing calls for the UK to act. Photograph: David Cliff/EPA The UK is prep...
Thursday, September 18, 2025

"The Nakba – Arabic for “catastrophe” – happened because the politicians of this country enabled it. They enabled it with the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which supported the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine...." Britain must help establish a Palestinian state It has a historical responsibility to do so- By William Dalrymple in The New Statesman

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[Palestine Refugees Nakba 1948] Photo by CPA Media/Alamy S eventy-seven years ago, 750,000 Palestinians were terrorised out of their homes ...
Friday, September 12, 2025

UN general assembly votes to back Hamas-free government for Palestine. Compromise plan sees Arab states condemning 7 October attacks in return for clear UN support for a Palestinian state

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The declaration contains some of the sharpest criticism of Hamas ever endorsed by the UN. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters Patrick Wintour D...

Sept. 12th, 2025: UN General Assembly ADOPTS resolution endorsing the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution

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UN General Assembly ADOPTS resolution endorsing the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Imp...
Friday, September 5, 2025

Washington imposes sanctions on 3 Palestinian human rights groups this week, last week the United States announced it would not grant visas to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other Palestinian Authority officials to attend the United Nations General Assembly next month , where France and several other countries plan to recognise the State of Palestine.

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Sunday, September 13, 2015

Palestinians Get Approval to Fly Flag at United Nations in a bid for statehood... "It is a symbolic thing, but another step to solidify the pillars of the state of Palestine in the international arena," said Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian representative to the UN.

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Palestinian man holds a flag during a protest outside the Damascus Gate, east Jerusalem in support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abba...
Monday, October 13, 2014

UK Parliament votes to recognize Palestinian state

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UK MPs receive 136,000 emails on Palestine before elections   [AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE ...

UK MPs To Vote On Recognition Of Palestine... "Dr Hanan Ashrawi, executive committee member of the PLO, told Sky News the Palestinian cause must be "rescued" to prevent jihadists [from] using it to fuel radicalisation and further extremism in the region."

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UK MPs To Vote On Recognition Of Palestine   [AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO ...
Friday, April 25, 2014

Bird Watching and Ringing in 2014 This Week in Palestine

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

"Read and remember, take a minute to recall the smell of your grandmother’s za’atar and the taste of balady labaneh, and imagine what would happen if we were to lose it all…" This Week in Palestine

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Theme: Rural Palestine Cover photo: Suleiman Mansour Message from the Editor Ya yalla hal rabee’, nohroth hal sahel, wallah b...