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Foreign relations of the Palestinian National Authority

Palestinian Americans wary of statehood bid

Palestinians in the West Bank celebrated the official bid for statehood in the UN. Many Palestinian Americans, however, worry about what statehood would actually mean.

Israel to Palestinians: Only way to statehood is negotiation

A new Palestinian state could leave refugees stranded

The World

Palestinians Bid for UN Status

Global Politics

Top of the Hour: US Cuts Off Funding to UNESCO, Morning Headlines

UNESCO Admits ‘Palestine’ As Full Member

Arts, Culture & Media

The Palestinian Authority is calling the decision a symbolic victory because what they really want is full membership in the United Nations.

The World

Palestinian-Americans Consider Statehood

Arts, Culture & Media

Palestinian-Americans are on the fence about whether a state of Palestine will ever exist.

The Options For Palestinian UN Membership

Global Politics

Is there a chance the Palestinians may step back from their bid for UN membership?

Top of the Hour: Obama Presses Palestinians to Resume Peace Talks, Morning Headlines

President Obama will meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to encourage both parties to resume face-to-face peace talks. U.S. officials concede there is little they can do to stop Abbas from making a formal request for Palestinian statehood before the United Nations Security Council. The U.S. has promised to […]

Protests at UN Over Palestinian Statehood Bid

Among the multitude of serious issues facing this week’s meeting of the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council, none has been the focus of as much attention as the Palestinian bid for statehood. The Palestinians will ask for UN membership, something the General Assembly anticipated in Resolution 181 in 1947, which partitioned Palestine into […]