The recent push by several countries to recognize a state of Palestine is largely symbolic, but it carries diplomatic and ...

After decades of inaction and frozen negotiations, the issue of an independent Palestinian state living in peace with Israel ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger ...

France and the United Kingdom also made statements this month about recognizing a Palestinian state in September at the U.N.

Post-WWII leader Charles de Gaulle famously rallied France to the Palestinian people following the 1967 war, with Paris ...

Canada has joined France and Britain in announcing plans to recognize a Palestinian state in September as international ...

Experts say President Emmanuel Macron’s decision could pressure other European countries to follow and may lead Hamas to take a harder line in ceasefire talks.

The announcements reflect deep frustrations with Israel’s conduct in Gaza and in the occupied West Bank, experts say.

Both countries said they would make the formal announcement at the UN General Assembly in New York in September.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday his country would formally recognise a Palestinian state during a UN meeting ...

"I will make the solemn announcement at the United Nations General Assembly in September," President Macron said.

France will officially recognize the state of Palestine, "true to its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the ...