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In this August 3, 2014 file photo, activists wave Palestinian flags as Pope Francis celebrates the Angelus noon prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter’s square at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

UN General Assembly approves Palestinian request to fly its flag

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...

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 26, 2014. (EPA/Justin Lane)

Palestinian UN statehood resolution to be amended: sources

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...

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File photo of the UN Security Council voting on a draft resolution taken in New York on August 15, 2014. (REUTERS/Carlo Allegri)

Text of Palestinians’ UN Resolution on Statehood

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,...

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Members of the European Parliament take part in a vote in favor of a resolution on recognition of the statehood of Palestine in Strasbourg, France on December 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)

Palestinian UN draft calls for Israel occupation end by 2017

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...

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File photo of Palestinian Observer to the UN, Riyad Mansour. (AP Photo)

Palestine draft resolution to be proposed on Wednesday: UN envoy

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...