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The Times of Israel

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Topic: Palestinian statehood

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January 1, 2013
6:27 pm

A premature baby at a Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza (illustrative photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

Palestinians will outnumber Jews between the river and the sea by 2020, PA report says

Ramallah official warns the numbers will end the possibility for a two-state solution

By Aaron Kalman

January 1, 2013
1:17 am

Palestinians marching with posters of Yasser Arafat, left, and Mahmoud Abbas at a Fatah rally in Ramallah in January 2013. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Abbas says 2013 will be year of Palestinian independence

PA leader also expresses support for resuming direct talks with Israel

By Joshua Davidovich

December 31, 2012
11:30 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo credit: Alex Kolomoisky/Flash90)

Amid uproar, Netanyahu reportedly reaffirms commitment to two-state solution

PM’s statement comes after Likud MK says his 2009 Bar-Ilan speech in support of Palestinian state was just a ‘tactical’ move

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 31, 2012
8:39 pm

Eitan Haber next to a photograph of his former boss, prime minister Yitzhak Rabin (photo credit: CC-BY-SA, Shalom Bartal, Wikimedia Commons)

Rabin formally opposed a Palestinian state more than a year after White House handshake, letter from 1994 shows

Asked what prime minister really intended, top aide Haber gives mixed response, says bitterly, ‘Perhaps you should ask the assassin’

By Raphael Ahren

December 29, 2012
8:50 pm

Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Arab League chief says Palestinians to embark on new statehood bid at UN Security Council

Nabil Elaraby says two decades of talks with Israel have been ‘a waste of time’

By Times of Israel staff and AP

December 26, 2012
9:37 am

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

After UN status upgrade, Palestinians seek to join other international organizations

Israel attempting to block move by pressuring Washington, host countries; Foreign Ministry memo reportedly warns EU will seek to impose Palestinian statehood, bypassing negotiations

By Adiv Sterman

December 25, 2012
2:44 pm

The results of a draft resolution on Palestinian status are posted in the United Nations headquarters, Thursday, November 29 (photo credit: AP/Kathy Willens)

After upgrading status, UN officially switches from ‘Palestine’ to ‘State of Palestine’

The body now refers to Mahmoud Abbas as ‘head of state’; Israeli officials insist name change has no practical applications outside UN headquarters

By Raphael Ahren

December 24, 2012
5:56 pm

Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal speaks at the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, on December 24 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

On Christmas Eve, Jerusalem’s Latin Patriarch celebrates the ‘birth’ of Palestine

Top Roman Catholic cleric says the Palestinians’ path to freedom and independence ‘remains long’

December 19, 2012
2:03 pm

A Ramat Shlomo construction site, Tuesday, December 18 (photo credit: Oren Nahshon/Flash90)

The gifts that keep on giving

Israel is once again denounced for settlement plans, Liberman still faces a looming indictment and another media outlet announces cutbacks

By Ron Friedman

December 18, 2012
4:44 pm

The UN Palestine resolution was void from the start

Mahmoud Abbas is not the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people

By Maurice Ostroff

December 14, 2012
10:45 am

Arab League headquarters in Cairo (photo credit: Ijanderson977/Wikimedia Commons)

Palestinian Authority still waiting on emergency funds promised by Arab states

Arab League official says no date has been set for transfer of $100 million to Ramallah

By Yoel Goldman

December 13, 2012
6:00 am

US State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland (photo credit: US Department of State)

US denies holding backchannel talks with Hamas

State Department urges Israel to reconsider withholding PA tax revenues; Ashton reportedly ‘shocked’ by Liberman statement comparing Europe’s stance on Mashaal speech to Holocaust era inaction

By Ron Friedman

December 12, 2012
11:05 pm

Palestinians wave their national flag during a rally marking the UN General Assembly's upgrading of the Palestinians' status in Ramallah, on Sunday, December 2. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Israel to withhold taxes from Palestinians until at least March

Abbas’s administration won’t receive funds for four months, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman says

By Adiv Sterman

December 12, 2012
6:24 am

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas waves to the crowd during celebrations for their successful bid to win nonmember state status at the UN in Ramallah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 (photo credit: Nasser Shiyoukhi/AP Photo)

Is Palestine a state? That may depend on the Palestinians

While international legal scholars debate the weight of ‘nonmember observer state’ status, the burden is ultimately on the Palestinians to show that they can act like a sovereign power

By Raphael Ahren

December 11, 2012
2:26 pm

Netanyahu, Obama and Abbas during a meeting in New York in 2009 (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

Obama reportedly adopting mellow approach to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Daily Beast columnist Peter Beinart says White House shifting to ‘benign neglect’ of Israel under Netanyahu, ready to let Europe confront him

By Ron Friedman

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Palestinian statehood

Palestinians will outnumber Jews between the river and the sea by 2020, PA report says

Ramallah official warns the numbers will end the possibility for a two-state solution

Abbas says 2013 will be year of Palestinian independence

PA leader also expresses support for resuming direct talks with Israel

Amid uproar, Netanyahu reportedly reaffirms commitment to two-state solution

PM’s statement comes after Likud MK says his 2009 Bar-Ilan speech in support of Palestinian state was just a ‘tactical’ move

Rabin formally opposed a Palestinian state more than a year after White House handshake, letter from 1994 shows

Asked what prime minister really intended, top aide Haber gives mixed response, says bitterly, ‘Perhaps you should ask the assassin’

Arab League chief says Palestinians to embark on new statehood bid at UN Security Council

Nabil Elaraby says two decades of talks with Israel have been ‘a waste of time’

After UN status upgrade, Palestinians seek to join other international organizations

Israel attempting to block move by pressuring Washington, host countries; Foreign Ministry memo reportedly warns EU will seek to impose Palestinian statehood, bypassing negotiations

After upgrading status, UN officially switches from ‘Palestine’ to ‘State of Palestine’

The body now refers to Mahmoud Abbas as ‘head of state’; Israeli officials insist name change has no practical applications outside UN headquarters

On Christmas Eve, Jerusalem’s Latin Patriarch celebrates the ‘birth’ of Palestine

Top Roman Catholic cleric says the Palestinians’ path to freedom and independence ‘remains long’

The gifts that keep on giving

Israel is once again denounced for settlement plans, Liberman still faces a looming indictment and another media outlet announces cutbacks

The UN Palestine resolution was void from the start

Mahmoud Abbas is not the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people

Palestinian Authority still waiting on emergency funds promised by Arab states

Arab League official says no date has been set for transfer of $100 million to Ramallah

US denies holding backchannel talks with Hamas

State Department urges Israel to reconsider withholding PA tax revenues; Ashton reportedly ‘shocked’ by Liberman statement comparing Europe’s stance on Mashaal speech to Holocaust era inaction

Israel to withhold taxes from Palestinians until at least March

Abbas’s administration won’t receive funds for four months, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman says

Is Palestine a state? That may depend on the Palestinians

While international legal scholars debate the weight of ‘nonmember observer state’ status, the burden is ultimately on the Palestinians to show that they can act like a sovereign power

Obama reportedly adopting mellow approach to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Daily Beast columnist Peter Beinart says White House shifting to ‘benign neglect’ of Israel under Netanyahu, ready to let Europe confront him

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