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Symbolic Vote in France Backs Palestinian State - New York Times Wed, 03 Dec 2014 01:56:30 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Symbolic Vote in France Backs Palestinian State New York Times And on Tuesday, the French, too, added their weight to the push for recognition of a Palestinian state. The vote in the French lower house of Parliament favoring such a step was a largely symbolic move. But it was the fifth such gesture in two months ... French MPs vote in favour of Palestine stateAljazeera.com French parliament votes for Palestine stateAl-Arabiya French MPs vote in favour of recognising PalestineDaily Mail Reuters -The Guardian all 409 news articles »

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French Lawmakers Recognize Palestine As State In Symbolic Vote - Huffington Post Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:13:23 GMT

French Lawmakers Recognize Palestine As State In Symbolic Vote Huffington Post PARIS, Dec 2 (Reuters) - French lawmakers on Thursday urged their government to recognize Palestine, a symbolic move that will not immediately affect France's diplomatic stance but demonstrates growing European impatience with a stalled peace process.

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French parliament to hold nonbinding 'Palestine' vote today - Jerusalem Post Tue, 02 Dec 2014 05:43:56 GMT

French parliament to hold nonbinding 'Palestine' vote today Jerusalem Post Jerusalem will be carefully following Tuesday's non-binding vote in the French parliament on whether to recognize “Palestine,” wanting to see if there will be significant opposition inside the National Assembly to the move. Similar symbolic resolutions ...

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Labor and Liberal MPs call for Australia to recognise Palestine - The Guardian Mon, 01 Dec 2014 08:14:54 GMT

The Guardian

Labor and Liberal MPs call for Australia to recognise Palestine The Guardian Maria Vamvakinou tabled a motion in parliament on Monday calling for the government to support Palestine, in response to the UN international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people, which was on Saturday. “On this day, we need to acknowledge and ... MPs call for Australia to recognise Palestinewww.worldbulletin.net all 2 news articles »

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French Lawmakers Pass Symbolic Motion to Recognize Palestine as State - Voice of America Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:13:47 GMT

Voice of America

French Lawmakers Pass Symbolic Motion to Recognize Palestine as State Voice of America French lawmakers voted in favor of recognizing Palestine as a state on Tuesday, a symbolic move that will not immediately affect France's diplomatic stance but demonstrates growing European impatience with a stalled peace process. The motion, which ...

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'Palestine': The Real Apartheid State - Algemeiner Wed, 03 Dec 2014 01:26:51 GMT

RT

'Palestine': The Real Apartheid State Algemeiner Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, now serving the tenth year of his four-year term, recently defamed Israel's “apartheid government.” Speaking in Cairo last weekend at an emergency session of the Arab League, he announced: “We will never ... 'Palestine will not recognize Israel as Jewish state' – Abbas after Israeli ...RT US tries to head off Israeli-Palestinian 'Al-Aqsa war'Al-Monitor Why US activists for Palestine are starting to play the Washington gameMiddle East Eye Aljazeera.com -Arutz Sheva all 1,274 news articles »

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French MPs poised to recognise Palestine - The West Australian Tue, 02 Dec 2014 11:44:51 GMT

The West Australian

French MPs poised to recognise Palestine The West Australian Paris (AFP) - French lawmakers were poised Tuesday to recognise Palestine as a state, following similar moves in Britain and Spain that reflect growing European frustration with the stalled Middle East peace process. The highly symbolic vote in the ...

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French MPs back motion to recognize Palestine - The Local.fr Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:31:15 GMT

The Local.fr

French MPs back motion to recognize Palestine The Local.fr French lawmakers voted on Tuesday in favour of recognizing Palestine as a state, following similar moves in Britain and Spain as European countries try to restart the stalled Middle East peace process. Palestinians immediately urged France to act on ...

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French parliament calls on government to recognise Palestine - Middle East Monitor Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:57:50 GMT

Middle East Monitor

French parliament calls on government to recognise Palestine Middle East Monitor Laurent Fabius French Lawmakers have voted in favour of a resolution calling on the French Government to recognise the state of Palestine. The resolution was adopted today by 339 votes. A total of 151 lawmakers voted against the resolution, which was ...

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Palestine a state in the eyes of more and more countries - euronews Tue, 02 Dec 2014 20:18:55 GMT

Channel News Asia

Palestine a state in the eyes of more and more countries euronews On 30 October this year, Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom spoke about trying to move forward: “Today the government of Sweden has decided to recognise the State of Palestine.” She gave political and pragmatic reasons: “We have seen an escalation of ... Swedish refugee workers hail moves to recognise PalestineChannel News Asia all 3 news articles »