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National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
October 3, 2018, 9:39 pm
US pulls out of Vienna treaty amendment to block Palestinian lawsuit
National Security Adviser Bolton says US ‘will not sit idly by’ in face of ‘baseless politicized claims,’ asserts Palestine is ‘not a state’
By Eric Cortellessa
Palestinian protesters wave UN and national flags in front of a fabiricated giant refugee card of their President Mahmud Abbas, during a protest against the US decision earlier this year to cut funds to UN aid to Palestinians, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on September 26, 2018. (AFP/Musa Al SHAER)
September 27, 2018, 7:02 pm
Palestine confirmed to head massive bloc of developing countries at UN
Egypt’s Sissi hands over to Abbas the presidency of G77, a group of 134 nations comprising some 80 percent of the world’s population
By Raphael Ahren
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn waves to delegrates after giving his keynote speech on the final day of the Labour party conference in Liverpool, north west England on September 26, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Oli SCARFF)
September 26, 2018, 4:19 pm
Corbyn says UK will immediately recognize Palestinian state if he’s elected
UK Labour leader condemns anti-Semitism, along with the nation-state law and the killing of ‘unarmed demonstrators’ in Gaza
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
Ireland's Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Coveney, speaks to the media, at Iveagh House in Dublin, August 16, 2017. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)
September 23, 2018, 2:42 pm
Irish FM: We’ll recognize Palestine if peace talks remain stalled
At press conference with PA foreign minister, Simon Coveney warns that ‘a lot of other countries in Europe’ are likely to do the same
By TOI staff
Protesters wave pro-independence Catalan Estelada flags during a demonstration in Barcelona on October 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/ Pau Barrena)
September 22, 2018, 4:55 pm
Pro-Israel group warns Spain against recognizing Palestinian state
Head of ACOM says Jerusalem may recognize Catalonia if Madrid follows through with move; Foreign Ministry won’t comment
By JTA
Colombia's outgoing president Juan Manuel Santos, center, welcoming newly sworn-in President Ivan Duque at the presidential palace, after his inauguration ceremony in Bogota, Colombia, August 7, 2018. (Colombia's presidential press office/ via AP)
September 3, 2018, 10:01 pm
New Colombian president: Palestine recognition ‘irreversible’
Ivan Duque says he would have liked more discussion of the matter, but won’t overturn predecessor’s lame-duck decision
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas attends a mass wedding ceremony in the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 18, 2018. (Flash90)
August 29, 2018, 12:14 am
Abbas backs demilitarized Palestinian state, says funds better spent on schools
Palestinian leader tells Israeli academics: ‘I want unarmed police forces with batons, not guns’
By TOI staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) and Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery at the PA headquarters in Ramallah on January 5, 2017. (Dov Lieber/Times of Israel)
August 20, 2018, 7:52 pm
Palestinian leader mourns passing of peace activist Uri Avnery
‘He will remain an icon of real and permanent peace,’ PA President Mahmoud Abbas tells close friend of former MK, who was first prominent Israeli to meet Arafat publicly
By Adam Rasgon and AP
Uri Avnery seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem in 2014 (FLASH90)
August 20, 2018, 9:35 am
Trailblazing peace activist, writer, and former MK Uri Avnery dies at 94
Left-wing leaders eulogize activist, who was one of Israel’s strongest peace proponents for decades, and is believed to have been the first to champion Palestinian statehood
By TOI staff and AP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, September 20, 2017. (AP/Seth Wenig)
August 14, 2018, 5:32 pm
A Palestinian attempt to oust Israel from the UN would be quixotic — and fail
Israeli paper claims PA may bid to boot Israel from world body. Ramallah knows it wouldn’t succeed, but that’s never stopped it from trying such gambits, or Jerusalem from fuming
By Raphael Ahren
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (C) with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas during an official welcoming ceremony in Ramallah, June 4, 2013. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
August 10, 2018, 1:07 am
The muy curioso tale of Colombia’s shock recognition of Palestine
A day after Netanyahu cancels Bogota trip, outgoing president Santos secretly recognizes Palestine; Why? And will the new government reverse his decision?
By Raphael Ahren
The Palestinian flag is raised outside UN Headquarters in New York during the 70th session of the UN General Assembly on September 30, 2015 (Raphael Ahren)
July 25, 2018, 2:47 pm
In first, ‘Palestine’ to head bloc of 134 nations at UN
Palestinians to preside over the Group of 77, largest’s coalition of developing nations; Israeli envoy laments it will become ‘a platform for spreading lies and incitement’
By Raphael Ahren
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July 15, 2018, 1:36 pm
Dave Harden
Gaza 2.0
A better economy is not enough, but it may stop the current cycle of violence, destruction, and despair
Britain's Prince William stands on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives overlooking the Old City with the golden dome of the Dome of the Rock on June 28, 2018. (AFP Photo/Pool/Thomas Coex)
June 28, 2018, 4:41 pm
Prince William’s visit a PR coup for Israel, with some royal pain amid the gain
The future UK monarch’s historic trip boosted Israel’s international legitimacy, but also underlined the world’s ongoing discomfort with Jewish sovereignty throughout Jerusalem
By Raphael Ahren
UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn walks in the main market road during his visit to the Zaatari Syrian Refugee Camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, June 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
June 23, 2018, 12:52 am
Corbyn on trip to Jordan: Labour government would quickly recognize Palestine
Ahead of visit to Palestinian refugee camp, Israel-bashing British opposition leader slams Trump moves on Jerusalem as a ‘catastrophic mistake’
By AP and TOI staff
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