Over the last two weeks, the Biden administration has been pressing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his advisers to not move forward with their bid but Abbas rejected those requests ...
"This proposal introduced by the Palestinian delegation, ahead of the United Nations ... it would reflect global opinion ...
The accusation of Western double standards, gleefully amplified by Russia and China, resonated across the halls of UN ...
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution demanding that Israel end its unlawful occupation of the Palestinian territories within one year.
Palestinian representative to the UN Riyad Mansour said the US veto was "absolutely reckless and dangerous". Heavy criticism also came from a series of Israeli and US allies. France's ...
"Our hope is that they don't pursue that, but that's up to them," Wood said of the Palestinians' bid ... vetoes, and then endorsed by a two-thirds majority in the General Assembly. Palestinian ...
The United Nations General Assembly in May overwhelmingly backed a Palestinian bid to become a full U.N ... at least nine votes in favor and no vetoes by the U.S., Russia, France, China or ...
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Protests against the war in Gaza have been taking place on the campuses of a number of top US universities. Dozens of people have been arrested at Columbia, Yale and New York University in recent ...
A UN resolution backing Palestinian membership will allow President Mahmoud Abbas to sit on the floor of the General Assembly ...