by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 11, 2015 | Middle East
United Nations, Reuters—Palestine’s flag will fly at United Nations headquarters after the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a Palestinian resolution, infuriating Israel with a move that Palestinians described as a step toward UN membership. There were...
by Kifah Ziboun | Dec 23, 2014 | Middle East
Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Palestinian leadership has agreed to make amendments to the statehood resolution it submitted to the UN Security Council on Wednesday before a vote by the Council due by the end of the year. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, Palestinian...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 19, 2014 | Features
Reaffirming its previous resolutions, in particular resolutions 242 (1967); 338 (1973), 1397 (2002), 1515 (2003), 1544 (2004), 1850 (2008), 1860 (2009) and the Madrid Principles, Reiterating its vision of a region where two democratic states, Israel and Palestine,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 18, 2014 | Middle East
United Nations, Reuters—Jordan formally submitted to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday a draft resolution calling for peace between Israel and the Palestinians within one year and an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories by the end...
by Kifah Ziboun | Dec 16, 2014 | Middle East
Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat—Palestinian envoy to the United Nations Riyad Mansour has confirmed that a draft resolution will most likely be proposed to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, calling for Israel to withdraw from the territory the Palestinians wish to claim...
