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.

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

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

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

The announcement came soon after the U.S. cut short Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar, saying Hamas wasn't showing good faith.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France will recognize Palestinian statehood, a largely symbolic move but one that puts a leading, global nation at odds with Israel’s ...

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.

While France, Britain and Canada stressed their support for establishing two states with recognised borders as the long-term solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict ...

In June, the United Nations planned to convene a conference on the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Led by France and Saudi Arabia, the assembled nations were expected to agree ...

France’s president, who had intended to lead the conference along with Saudi Arabia, had reportedly considered announcing France’s official recognition of a Palestinian state, a claim that ...