The Palestinian president’s office on Saturday called on the US government to reverse its decision to revoke President Mahmoud Abbas’ visa, just weeks before he was scheduled to attend the UN’s annual General Assembly and an international conference aimed at creating a Palestinian state. The 27-nation European Union also urged the Trump administration to reconsider…
Mohamed Salah (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images) Egyptian football star Mohamed Salah has publicly challenged UEFA after the death of celebrated Palestinian footballer Suleiman al-Obeid, known as the “Palestinian Pelé,” in southern Gaza. On Wednesday, the Palestine Football Association (PFA) said al-Obeid, 41, was killed when Israeli forces struck a crowd waiting for humanitarian aid….
US Vice President JD Vance on Friday said that Washington has no plans to recognise a Palestinian state, highlighting a key difference with Britain as the two allies discuss the crisis in Gaza. Speaking alongside UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy at Chevening, the foreign minister’s country residence in southern England, Vance questioned the practicality of…
France has halted evacuations from Gaza after a Palestinian student accused of sharing antisemitic posts entered the country. The government is reviewing its vetting process and re-screening all Gaza evacuees. France has suspended its humanitarian evacuation programme for Palestinians fleeing war-ravaged Gaza after a student accused of sharing antisemitic content online was found to have…
The US imposed sanctions on Palestinian Authority officials and members of the Palestine Liberation Organisation on Thursday, accusing them of undermining peace efforts with Israel even as other Western powers moved toward recognition of Palestinian statehood. The State Department said it would deny visas for travel to the US by those it was targeting, although…
Canada will officially recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Wednesday, citing recent commitments to reform from the Palestinian Authority (PA). “Canada has long been committed to a two-state solution, an independent, viable and sovereign Palestinian state living side by side with the State of Israel…
इजरायल और फिलिस्तीन के बीच लंबे समय से चले आ रहे तनाव के समाधान को लेकर संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उच्च स्तरीय कॉन्फ्रेंस का आयोजन हुआ, जिसमें दुनिया के कई देशों ने हिस्सा लिया. इसमें भारत ने भी सभी देशों के सामने अपनी राय रखी और दोनों देशों के विवाद को सुलझाने के लिए ‘टू स्टेट…
Prominent Palestinian activist Odeh Hathalin, who had worked on the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land”, was shot and killed on Monday in the village of Umm al-Khair in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The attack, reportedly carried out by Israeli settler Yinon Levi, was captured on video by Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham, who co-directed the film….
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France will officially recognise the State of Palestine, a move he plans to formalise at the United Nations General Assembly in September. The announcement, made in a post on X, comes amid mounting international outrage over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where tens of thousands of civilians remain…
The American ambassador to Israel has said that it should be up to “Muslim countries” to build a Palestinian state on their territory instead of in the areas that much of the world recognizes as Palestinian lands. If the statements by Ambassador Mike Huckabee are confirmed as representing the U.S. administration’s position, it would be…