The United Nations may be about to bestow a diplomatic gift on the Palestinian Authority — which supported Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre — by conferring on it the “rights and privileges” of ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2022. The U.N. General Assembly has voted on a resolution to grant new "rights and privileges" to ...

Despite U.S. opposition, there is overwhelming support on the 15-nation United Nations Security Council for the Palestinian bid for full U.N. membership.

Barclays and BP are hardly strangers to criticism. But even those UK PLC heavyweights must have been taken aback when last ...

Saif Musallet was just weeks away from celebrating his 21st birthday when he was beaten to death by Israeli settlers when ...

A joint Israeli-Palestinian poll from June 2011 found that 65 percent of Palestinians believe they should go to the United Nations to seek recognition of their state, and 57 percent believe that ...

Palestinian United Nations bid explained Tim Hume and Ashley Fantz, CNN 6 minute read Updated 5:38 AM EST, Fri November 30, 2012 Link Copied! Video Ad Feedback. Palestine status ...

According to the Palestinian Authority, which has limited powers in parts of the occupied West Bank, 142 of the 193 member countries of the United Nations already recognize a state of Palestine.

The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday formally asked for renewed consideration by the United Nations Security Council of its 2011 application to become a full member of the world body.

United Nations Aid to Palestinians. ... April 5, 2019. A mural on the wall of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza City last October.

A United Nations report released Wednesday said Palestinian detainees were subjected to torture and abuse while in Israeli custody. The United Nations Human Rights Office report investigated Palest… ...

UNITED NATIONS — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told world leaders Wednesday that he is no longer bound by agreements that have defined relations with Israel for the past two decades and ...