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The UN has, after the resolution was passed, permitted Palestine to title its representative office to the UN as 'The Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations', [133] seen by many as a reflexion of the UN's de facto recognition of the State of Palestine's sovereignty, [125] and Palestine has started to re-title ...
The State of Palestine had been officially declared by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on 15 November 1988, claiming sovereignty over the internationally recognized Palestinian territories: the West Bank, which includes East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. By the end of 1988, the Palestinian state was recognized by 78 countries. [8] [9]
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) had been recognized as "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people," competent on all matters concerning the question of Palestine by the UN General Assembly in addition to the right of the Palestinian people in Palestine to national independence and sovereignty, and was granted observer status at the UN General Assembly as a "non-state ...
US State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel had announced earlier Thursday that the US would vote against the Security Council resolution, saying that the US has “been very clear ...
Palestinian statehood recognition has already been extended by at least 140 of about 190 countries represented in the United Nations, but Wednesday’s push represents an impetus not seen for ...
All three European leaders stressed the importance of having Palestinian statehood in reaching a two-state solution in the Middle East, a decades-long goal that the international community has ...
The Palestinian Authority supports the idea of a two-state solution; [11] Israel at times has also supported the idea, but nowadays rejects the creation of a Palestinian state. [12] Long-serving Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in 2015 rejected a Palestinian state. [13] He again rejected a Palestinian state in June 2023.
Palestine, [i] officially the State of Palestine, [ii] [e] is a country in the southern Levant region of West Asia recognized by 146 out of 193 UN member states.It encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, collectively known as the occupied Palestinian territories, within the broader geographic and historical Palestine region.