Palestinian Statehood

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump (The White House, via Wikipedia)

September 29, 2025, 4:53 pm

OPINION: Netanyahu must seize Trump’s Gaza plan before the window closes

21-point blueprint offers Israel hostages’ return, Hamas’s removal, and Gaza’s deradicalisation – Netanyahu should embrace it

By Jeremy Havardi

Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference announcing a planned annexation of the West Bank.

September 8, 2025, 10:59 am

OPINION: Annexing what’s already yours? The legal case against the charge

Legal expert outlines how Israel has held sovereignty over West Bank and Gaza since 1948 under international law

By David Wolchover

August 12, 2025, 11:54 am

OPINION: West must drop Palestinian state push until Hamas is history

Recognising Palestine now rewards terror and undermines peace; the West must tie recognition to disarmament and lasting security

By Jeremy Havardi

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (Credit: The Australian Government)

August 11, 2025, 11:28 am

Australia to recognise Palestinian state next month

Albanese says move part of ‘coordinated global effort’ as New Zealand weighs up whether to follow suit

By Annabel Sinclair

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves 10 Downing Street, London.

August 8, 2025, 11:41 am

Israel threatens to pull UK security ties if Starmer recognises Palestine

Jerusalem may suspend vital security cooperation if the UK recognises Palestinian statehood without a peace process or hostage release

By Annabel Sinclair

Yehuda Cohen advocating for a hostage deal (Courtesy)

August 8, 2025, 10:23 am

Hostage’s father backs UK recognition of Palestine to pressure Netanyahu

Speaking to Jewish News, Yehuda Cohen urges UK recognition of Palestine to force a ceasefire and free his son

By Annabel Sinclair

August 7, 2025, 2:19 pm

UK ambassador warns full Gaza occupation would be a ‘huge mistake’

Simon Walters says IDF has done all it can militarily and urges Israel to offer Gazans an alternative to Hamas, as UK outlines broader diplomatic vision

By Annabel Sinclair

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addressing a crowd (Credit: Twitter, @MarkJCarney)

July 31, 2025, 11:19 am

Trump: Canada’s pledge to recognise Palestine an impediment to trade deal

Ottawa says Hamas must be barred from elections as it joins London and Paris in linking recognition to reform

By Annabel Sinclair

Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protests in London reflect rising tensions between communities since 7 October

July 30, 2025, 11:40 am

OPINION: It’s time for Israel to show leadership again – not for the world but our ourselves

Peter Lerner urges Israel to seize global momentum, support a two-state solution, and lead the path to peace

By Peter Lerner

Keir Starmer meets Israeli president Isaac Herzog in 2023

July 30, 2025, 11:12 am

OPINION: Starmer’s symbolic gesture hurts Palestinians more than Israel

By using Palestinian statehood as political leverage, the Prime Minister has undermined its legitimacy

By Elad Simchayoff

Ze'ev Elkin, of the New Hope-National Right, put forward the resolution which said establishing a Palestinian state would constitute an existential threat to Israel and its citizens

July 18, 2024, 11:34 am

Israeli parliament votes overwhelmingly to reject Palestinian state

MKs including some from Benny Gantz's party pass resolution put forward by right-wing opposition New Hope-United Right faction by 68 votes to nine

By Jewish News Reporter

Supporters of Catalan independence in 2012.

September 21, 2018, 3:02 pm

If Spain recognises Palestine, Israel may do same for Catalonia, activist claims

Head of pro-Israel ACOM group says Spanish backing for Palestinian statehood may lead to the Jewish state recognising separatists

By JTA

February 28, 2017, 9:21 am

Mahmoud Abbas tells UN: Come to the defence of two-state solution

The Palestinian president urged the international community to recognise his people's right to statehood, amid expanding settlement construction

The Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, 4.3 miles from Jerusalem.

February 9, 2017, 2:08 pm

Ireland likely to recognise Palestine after Israeli settlements push

Dublin is set to officially recognise a Palestinian state, following the Knesset's decision to legalise thousands of settlement homes on Palestinian land

By JTA

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in Jerusalem.

December 28, 2016, 7:13 pm

Netanyahu: Kerry ‘obsessively’ focused on settlements and ‘skewed against Israel’

Israel's prime minister hit back at the U.S. secretary of state, after the American official gave a speech warning Israel about its democratic future

By Jewish News Reporter

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