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 assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new
WEB6 days ago · 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 ...
U.N. General Assembly Votes to Back Palestinian Membership Bid
WEB6 days ago · The vote comes after the United States last month vetoed a Security Council measure granting full U.N. membership to a Palestinian state.
UN general assembly calls on Security Council to admit Palestine …
WEBIn practice, the Palestinians have limited self-government through the Palestinian Authority (PA) in parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The PA lost control of the Gaza Strip to Hamas in 2007.
UN General Assembly presses Security Council to give ‘favourable ...
WEBMay 10, 2024 · The UN General Assembly convened again in New York on Friday for an emergency special session on the Gaza crisis and overwhelmingly passed a resolution which upgrades Palestine’s rights at the world body as an Observer State, without offering full membership. It urged the Security Council to give “favourable consideration” to …
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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