Washington Post (blog) | An Israeli argument for the EU to recognize Palestine Washington Post (blog) On Thursday, the European Parliament will convene in Strasbourg, France, and hold a vote on whether to recognize Palestine as an independent state. The deliberation comes with a considerable amount of momentum: In recent weeks, a number of ... UN Chief: More Countries Will Recognize 'Palestine' Europeans Debate Common Stand on Palestine Netanyahu lashes out at moves to recognize an independent Palestine (+video) |
The Times of Israel | Sarkozy against French parliament to recognize 'Palestine' Jerusalem Post Israel finally got some help on Wednesday in efforts to push back against a wave of European parliaments overwhelmingly recommending to their governments to recognize “Palestine,” when former, and possibly future, French president Nicolas Sarkozy ... Sarkozy comes out against Palestine recognition Sarkozy Calls for 'No' Vote on 'Palestine' Motion Sarkozy: Vote Against Recognition of 'Palestine' |
Divided EU Parliament postpones vote on Palestine recognition Jerusalem Post A vote by the European Parliament in Strasbourg over whether to recognize a Palestinian state was postponed Tuesday from later this week to mid-December. Israeli diplomatic officials said the move was pushed off from Thursday for three reasons ... |
Christian Science Monitor | Netanyahu lashes out at moves to recognize an independent Palestine Christian Science Monitor In October, Sweden recognized an independent Palestine, and the European Union postponed a vote on the question yesterday. MPs in the UK, Ireland, and Spain have also voted for recognition of Palestine in the past six weeks, and it appears that the ... |
UN News Centre | UN says Palestinian refugees from Syria face 'increasingly grave' situation ... UN News Centre 24 November 2014 – The plight of Palestine refugees from Syria in the Middle East is becoming increasingly grave caused by closed borders and a series of forced returns from neighbouring countries, Chris Gunness, spokesperson for the United Nations ... UN concerned about Palestinian refugee from Syria |
CBS Local | ADL Rips Reggie Bush For Social Media Posts Conflating Ferguson, Palestine CBS Local The ADL said it has recently documented numerous comparisons of the Ferguson incident to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Among them an event back in September at Brooklyn College, which the campus group Students for Justice in Palestine titled, “From ... Detroit Lions' Reggie Bush compares Michael Brown shooting to Palestine Was Reggie Bush Right To Link Ferguson To Israel-Palestine? NFL Star Reggie Bush Joins With Pro-Palestinian Activists in Co-opting ... |
EU News | Debate: should Palestine be recognised as a state? EU News Sweden recently became the latest EU country to recognise Palestine as a state. Today after 15.00 CET MEPs will hold a debate on the recognition of Palestine statehood. Would such a move help defuse violence in the region? We discussed it with Martina ... MEPs to Vote on Recognising Palestine as a 'State' |
The Times of Israel | Holland's 'idealist' foreign minister gets real on Palestine The Times of Israel Koenders, a Labor politician has a record of supporting pro-Palestinian arguments — saying Israel should compensate the Netherlands for destroying the Dutch-funded Gaza port; calling the blockade on Gaza a collective punishment and condemning the ... Dutch Foreign Minister: We Won't Vote to Recognize Palestine Dutch Say No to "Palestine" Recoginizing 'Palestine' Won't Promote Peace, Dutch Foreign Minister Says |
EurActiv | EU Parliament to vote on recognising Palestinian state in December EurActiv The Palestinian question has come to the forefront of European political debate in recent weeks, following Sweden's decision to officially recognise the state of Palestine. The Swedish government became the first in Western Europe to do so on 30 ... |
Palestine easily beats Kerens in first home game Palestine Herald Press Both teams played an evenly matched third quarter with Palestine scoring 11 points and Kerens scoring nine points. Sophomore forward Forrester Polk, senior Dakedrick Mcmorris and junior guard Marquis Herndandez got their first points of the game in ... |