After decades of inaction and frozen negotiations, the issue of an independent Palestinian state living in peace with Israel ...

France and the United Kingdom also made statements this month about recognizing a Palestinian state in September at the U.N.

Canada has joined France and Britain in announcing plans to recognize a Palestinian state in September as international ...

Hostage families and freed captive Emily Damari criticize Britain and France for moves to recognize a Palestinian state while ...

Canada and Malta announced Wednesday they will formally recognize the state of Palestine in September, joining France and the ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects Palestinian statehood and has vowed to maintain open-ended control over ...

Families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza and a former captive have condemned the U.K. government’s announcement that it will ...

The recent push by several countries to recognize a state of Palestine is largely symbolic, but it carries diplomatic and ...

Israel is furious. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has condemned the recent moves by the UK, France, and Canada to ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Michael Lynk, former U.N. Special Rapporteur for human rights in Palestinian territories, about recent international moves to recognize a Palestinian state.