Palestinian statehood

Congratulations to Mahmoud Abbas on the eleventh year of his four-year term!

March 23 2015 12:01AM

The human-rights activist Bassem Eid, who describes himself as “a proud Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp,” argues that if Palestinians want to. . .

Bassem Eid
Feb. 16 2015 12:01AM

By opening an investigation into the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor has accepted that there is, in fact, a. . .

Jan. 23 2015 12:01AM

Time and again, Palestinian leaders have rejected offers of statehood, and Mahmoud Abbas is no different. To avoid having to make any concessions of his. . .

Jan. 6 2015 12:01AM

The fact that Mahmoud Abbas failed to convince the UN to recognize a Palestinian state does not mean that Israel responded successfully to Abbas’s bid,. . .

Jan. 5 2015 12:01AM

After rejecting a highly favorable American proposal for the creation of a Palestinian state, the PA president is now insisting on bringing a statehood resolution. . .

Washington Post
Dec. 31 2014 12:01AM

A number of European governments have thrown their support behind the idea of Palestinian statehood, and Mahmoud Abbas is poised to bring a statehood resolution. . .

Bassam Tawil
Dec. 29 2014 12:01AM

In taking his case to the UN, Mahmoud Abbas is hoping to force an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank. But what could Abbas possibly. . .

Jeff Robbins
Dec. 24 2014 12:01AM

French and American diplomats have spent the last week negotiating with the Palestinian Authority over a Security Council resolution calling for the creation of a. . .

Jonathan Tobin
Dec. 18 2014 12:01AM

The Palestinian Authority is currently campaigning for a Security Council resolution recognizing a Palestinian state. Some are speculating that the U.S. will deviate from its. . .

Jonathan Tobin
Dec. 16 2014 12:01AM

In an interview with the Jewish Press, the Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens speaks about his recent book on American foreign policy, the ongoing. . .

Bret Stephens
Dec. 12 2014 12:01AM

Speaking on American television about the urgent need for Palestinian statehood, King Abdullah II of Jordan asserted that the only alternative for Israel was a. . .

Jerold Auerbach
Dec. 9 2014 12:01AM

Like the equivalent resolution passed by the British House of Commons, the French National Assembly’s recognition of a fictive Palestinian state is a purely symbolic. . .

Dec. 9 2014 12:01AM

At a Brookings Institution conference over the weekend, Naftali Bennett, Israel’s minister of the economy and head of the Jewish Home party, explains how the most. . .

Naftali Bennett
Dec. 8 2014 12:01AM