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How the Palestinian votes line up at the UN

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is set to ask the United Nations on Friday that the Palestinians are granted UN ...

UN chief urges Israeli `restraint` over Palestinian bid

UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged Israel`s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to act with "restraint" and ...

Moscow will "certainly" back Palestinian UN bid

Russia will "certainly" support the Palestinian`s bid to be recognised as a state by the United Nations, deputy ...

Tens of thousands rally for UN bid in West Bank

Tens of thousands were rallying in the West Bank on Wednesday in support of a bid to secure UN membership for a ...

Indonesian, Palestinian FM meet over bid for UN membership

Indonesian foreign minister Marty Natalegawa met with his Palestinian counterpart Riad al-Maliki on the sidelines of ...

RI to continue supporting Palestine`s UN membership bid

Indonesia will continue to support Palestine`s bid to become a member of the United Nations and keep monitoring ...

Abbas tells Ban Palestinian statehood bid to come Friday

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas officially told UN chief Ban Ki-moon that he would be submitting an application for ...

Real peace only possible `if Hamas on board`

A lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians is only possible if Hamas is involved, a group of former top ...

Egypt reopens Rafah border with Gaza

Egypt on Saturday reopened its Rafah border crossing with Gaza, allowing people to cross freely for the first time in ...

Abbas calls on Obama to press Israel on 1967 borders

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called on US President Barack Obama Friday to press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Abbas calls `urgent` meeting after Obama speech

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has called an "urgent" meeting of the Palestinian leadership after US President ...

Hundreds pour in for Gaza `unity` rally

A crowd of at least 3,000 young Palestinians streamed into central Gaza City to rally for national unity on Monday -- ...

Palestinians `strongly condemn` new settlement plans

The Palestinian Authority on Sunday "strongly condemned" Israel`s approval of hundreds of new West Bank settler homes ...

Britain to upgrade Palestinian diplomatic status: Hague

Britain will upgrade the status of the Palestinian delegation to London to the level of a mission in line with a ...