Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Panama has not indicated its position regarding a vote on statehood, [316] and is reported to be undecided on the matter. [317] President Ricardo Martinelli has a record of supporting Israel in UN resolutions, [318] and has reportedly resisted pressure from other Latin American governments to recognize Palestine. [319]
Panama had voted in favor of the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, and was one of the first countries to recognize Israel after it declared Independence on 14 May 1948. [1] Panama supported Israel when it asked to join the United Nations. A ship from Panama provided arms to Israel during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Since around 2011, the PLO's diplomatic effort has focused on the campaign known as Palestine 194, which aims to gain full membership for Palestine in the United Nations (UN). Officially, the State of Palestine seeks international recognition based on the pre-1967 borders of Israel , with East Jerusalem as its capital city.
But on Wednesday, three European countries—Ireland, Norway, and Spain—announced their decision to officially recognize a Palestinian state alongside Israel. The decision is set to go into ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
China was one of the first countries to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state in 1988. It established formal diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992. ... name both Israel and Palestine , which ...
United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19 was a resolution accepting Palestine [1] as a non-member observer state in the United Nations General Assembly. [2] It was adopted by the sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly on 29 November 2012, the date of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and the 65th anniversary of the adoption by the ...
Spain’s prime minister says his country will recognize Palestine as a state on May 28; From London to Los Angeles, many Iranians overseas cheer, and fear, after president's death; Norway's prime minister says the country has formally recognized Palestine as a state; Vietnam’s top security official To Lam confirmed as president