Palestinian state
Paris mayor grants city honor to civilians of Gaza, West Bank
For more than 20 years, the City of Paris has awarded honorary citizenship to people who are “threatened, imprisoned, or prosecuted because they defend human rights and fundamental freedoms.”
Fatah skips Cairo talks as Hamas delays Gaza disarmament
UK, Canada, France, Norway, Australia, NZ sanction West Bank settler individuals, entities
France pushes coordinated sanctions on Israel over West Bank violence
On This Day: Yasser Arafat, PNC, announce Palestinian Declaration of Independence in Algiers
November 15 is also the birthday of Arafat's successor as PA leader, Mahmoud Abbas, who was born in Safed during the British Mandate in 1935.
Defense guarantees must be enshrined in treaty as Riyadh ties deal to Palestinian state - opinion
Saudi negotiators push for a Senate-approved pact with Washington while insisting that any path to normalization with Israel depends on concrete steps toward a Palestinian state.
UN Gaza resolution draft mentions Palestinian state for first time
Notably, this is the same language as is used in the US-backed Gaza plan. However, this is the first time a Palestinian state was mentioned in the main body of the resolution and not in the annex.
France to help Palestinians draft constitution for future state, Macron says
Macron says France and the Palestinian Authority will set up a joint committee to draft a new Palestinian constitution.
Give peace a chance? Not until Palestinians reject terror - opinion
Israel cannot risk a Palestinian state until Palestinians prove they can reject terror and embrace democracy.
Israel will lose US support if it annexes West Bank, US Pres. Donald Trump warns in Time interview
When asked about the possibility of Marwan Barghouti being a top candidate to lead a Palestinian state, Trump said that it is his "question of the day," and that he'll "be making a decision."
Most Americans support US recognition of Palestinian state, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows
The poll found 59% of respondents backed US recognition of a Palestinian state, while 33% were opposed, and the rest were unsure or did not answer the question.
The new two-state solution : A realistic approach for the post-October 7 era - opinion
Israel will offer the Palestinian population there full Israeli citizenship, similar to the successful model of the Arab citizens of Israel.
Pakistan, Indonesia, and Azerbaijan weigh joining Gaza stabilization force
So far, Indonesia is the only country to publicly offer troops, saying it could deploy 20,000 soldiers under a United Nations mandated peacekeeping mission, something not outlined in Trump’s plan.
As the world backs a Palestinian state, a Jewish future is being cemented in the West Bank
While diplomacy takes place abroad, a very different reality is emerging on the ground in the West Bank, with an increasing number of small settlement farms scattered across the contested territory.
