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State of Palestine

A Club Palestino fan waves a Palestinian flag during a local league soccer match against Santiago Wanderers at La Cisterna stadium in Santiago, Chile, Friday, July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)
September 22, 2025, 3:13 am
Who recognizes the State of Palestine, who doesn’t, and why does it matter?
From historic recognition to recent shifts as a result of the Gaza war, a look at the global stance on Palestinian statehood
By AFP
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gestures during a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump (unseen) following their meeting at Chequers, in Aylesbury, central England, on September 18, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
September 21, 2025, 11:55 am
UK set to recognize Palestinian state, with Starmer said also planning Hamas sanctions
Scope of measures is unclear; relatives of hostages write to British PM saying recognition plans have ‘dramatically complicated efforts to bring home our loved ones’
By ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg
(L) Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar hold a press conference in Jerusalem on September 7, 2025 (Shlomi Amselem/GPO)
September 7, 2025, 5:47 pm
Sa’ar: Recognizing Palestinian state ‘will push Israel to make unilateral decisions’
Alongside Danish counterpart, foreign minister vague on whether Israel will annex parts of West Bank; FMs clash over Gaza humanitarian situation — Denmark says Israel must do more
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
A Palestinian and UN flag wave together for the first time above a UN agency, the UNESCO headquarters in Paris (with the Eiffel tower in the background), on December 13, 2011. (Photo by Joël SAGET / AFP)
July 22, 2025, 6:08 pm
Trump again to pull US out of ‘woke’ UNESCO, citing anti-Israel bias
White House slams cultural agency’s ‘globalist agenda’ and stance on Palestine; Israel welcomes exit while UNESCO ‘regrets’ it, points to increased efforts against antisemitism
By Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman and Agencies
Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during the opening of Colombia's regional elections, in Bogota on October 29, 2023. (Daniel Munoz/AFP)
May 23, 2024, 9:42 am
Colombia to open embassy in Ramallah after cutting ties with Israel
Foreign minister says he believes efforts to have more countries recognize a Palestinian state will gather steam
By Reuters and ToI Staff
File: Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks during a session of the United Nations Security Council, at the UN headquarters in New York, March 25, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
April 4, 2024, 4:28 am
US signals opposition to renewed Palestinian bid for statehood status at UN
State Department says Palestinian state should be established ‘through direct negotiations… not at the United Nations,’ as PLO envoy seeks vote later this month
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
File: Israeli soldiers stand guard while Palestinians and left wing activists protest in the village of Beit Dajan in the West Bank, on June 30, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
February 15, 2024, 7:49 pm
Back to the ICJ: Court to hear claims against Israel’s 56-year rule over Palestinians
The UN General Assembly is seeking an advisory opinion from the World Court that Israel’s decades-long control over the West Bank and East Jerusalem is illegal
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron in Jerusalem, January 24, 2024 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
January 30, 2024, 5:11 pm
Cameron says Britain is mulling recognition of Palestinian state
Shortly before fourth Middle East trip, UK foreign secretary tells Conservative MPS that move could set stage for ‘irreversible progress to a two-state solution’ after ceasefire
By Lazar Berman
Jewish and Arab attendees celebrate the opening of the Israeli pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday, October 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
October 7, 2021, 10:55 pm
Israel opens its pavilion with big bash at Dubai’s Expo 2020
Flasy videos promote Israeli tech and sights, as Hebrew music plays and balloons fly — amid high security
By Isabel Debre
Women walk through Syria's pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 2, 2021. (Jon Gambrell/AP)
October 4, 2021, 12:33 pm
At Dubai Expo, infomercial-like pavilions can’t quite gloss over world problems
Over 190 countries are participating in multi-billion dollar extravaganza where war, famine, and political and economic turmoil are kept out of sight
By Isabel Debre
File: Members of the Belgian Federal Parliament attend a plenary session, October 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
June 26, 2020, 9:02 am
Belgian parliament calls for sanctions against Israel if annexation goes ahead
Resolution urging creation of ‘list of efficient counter-measures’ passes with huge majority; second motion urging government to recognize Palestinian state postponed for two weeks
By Raphael Ahren
Demonstrators carry banners and Palestinian flags outside the International Criminal Court, ICC, urging the court to prosecute Israel's army for war crimes in The Hague, Netherlands, November 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
February 21, 2020, 9:40 am
Why the Palestinian case at The Hague took a big hit this past week
Backing Israel’s position against pending war crimes probe, 7 countries say Palestine is not a state that can transfer jurisdiction to the ICC. Not a single one argues the opposite
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting of Arab and European leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh on February 24, 2019. (Credit: Wafa)
February 25, 2019, 3:11 am
Abbas urges Europeans to play greater role in peace process, recognize Palestine
PA chief tells summit in Egypt that EU nations’ failure to recognize Palestinian statehood is a betrayal of their values, insists such a move would not jeopardize negotiations
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki addresses the General Assembly prior to a vote on December 21, 2017, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
January 15, 2019, 11:28 pm
Palestinians to launch bid for full UN membership despite block by US
‘We know that we are going to face a US veto but that won’t prevent us from presenting our application,’ says Palestinian Authority FM
By Carole LANDRY
Palestinians wave their national flag during a rally in Ramallah on November 29, 2012, to support Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's bid for UN recognition of statehood. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
December 27, 2018, 1:17 pm
For first time since 2011, Palestine to apply for full UN membership
Though bid is doomed to fail due to expected US veto, Israeli envoy attacks Ramallah for ‘destructive policies that have encouraged recent terror ‎attacks’
By Raphael Ahren
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