State of Palestine - Wikipedia
WEBPalestine (Arabic: فلسطين, romanized: Filasṭīn), officially the State of Palestine (دولة فلسطين, Dawlat Filasṭīn), is a country in the southern Levant region of West Asia. It encompasses two disconnected territories — the West Bank and the Gaza Strip , collectively known as the Palestinian territories — within the ...
Who Governs the Palestinians? | Council on Foreign Relations
WEBToday, 138 of 193 UN member countries recognize Palestine, with notable holdouts including the United States and Israel. Both countries object to PLO aspirations for full member status.
Palestine’s status at the UN explained | UN News
WEBApr 18, 2024 · Palestine’s current status. Right now, Palestine is a “Permanent Observer State” at the UN, enjoying the status that allows it to participate in all of the Organization’s proceedings, except...
UN general assembly calls on Security Council to admit Palestine …
WEBLast month, the US used its veto as one of the five permanent members of the Security Council to block a widely backed Algerian resolution seeking Palestine's admittance as a state, calling it ...
UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new
WEBMay 10, 2024 · Foreign Affairs. UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid The United States voted against the resolution, along with Israel, Argentina ...
Is Palestine considered a state? – DW – 11/06/2023
WEB11/06/2023. The question of Palestinian statehood has been disputed for decades — the current Israel-Hamas conflict has just brought it to the forefront again. Here are the basics. Though...
UN votes to grant new rights to Palestine and revive membership …
WEBUpdated 6:58 PM PDT, May 10, 2024. UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to reconsider Palestine’s request to become the 194th member of the United Nations.
International recognition of the State of Palestine - Wikipedia
WEBAs of May 2024, the State of Palestine is recognized as a sovereign state by 143 of the 193 member states of the United Nations. It has been a non-member observer state of the United Nations General Assembly since November 2012.
Palestinian territories profile - BBC News
WEBJun 26, 2023 · Palestinian territories profile. 26 June 2023. The Palestinian population is divided between historic Palestine and a diaspora, mainly in neighbouring Arab countries. Efforts to create a ...
What the U.S. recognizing a Palestinian state would mean - NBC …
WEBFeb. 6, 2024, 10:00 AM PST. By Andrea Mitchell and Alexander Smith. For decades the U.S. has pushed a two-state solution to the conflict in the Middle East but not formally recognized an...
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