- 31 Oct 2011 20:48 - Staff Reporter
- The US announced it has stopped funding Unesco, following its vote to grant the Palestinians full membership on Monday.
- 31 Oct 2011 16:01 - Sarah DiLorenzo
- Palestine has become a full member of Unesco in a highly divisive move that the US and other opponents say could harm renewed Mid East peace efforts.
- 29 Oct 2011 07:58 - Staff Reporter
- Palestine's President Abbas says the Arab world erred in rejecting the UN's 1947 plan to partition Palestine into a Palestinian and a Jewish state.
- 28 Oct 2011 16:21 - Staff Reporter
- While Nato was bombing its way to the Libyan oilfields, Turkey has been using "soft power" to assert its new-found foreign policy.
- 26 Oct 2011 06:33 - Staff Reporter
- Palestine's bid to become a full member of the UN has received the full backing of South Africa, which has called for a speedy decision on the matter.
- 20 Oct 2011 07:38 - Chris Roper
- One Israeli exchanged for one thousand Palestinians? What kind of a deal is that, asks Chris Roper
- 30 Sep 2011 16:15 - Staff Reporter
- The M&G's readers weigh in on COP17, Percy Zvomuya's article on the wealthy elite of European football, The New Age and more.
- 30 Sep 2011 10:10 - Staff Reporter
- In his annual address to the United Nations General Assembly last year, US President Barack Obama promised that this time it would be different.
- 01 Oct 2011 14:07 - Ramin Mostafavi
- Iran has rejected the Palestinians' UN statehood bid, saying any deal that accepted the existence of Israel would leave a "cancerous tumour" forever.
- 23 Sep 2011 00:00 - Ahmed Aldabba
- As the Palestinian bid for statehood comes to a head at the United Nations, Hamas remains split on whether to support the controversial move.
- 26 Sep 2011 18:08 - Staff Reporter
- The UN Security Council is beginning negotiations on the Palestinian bid for UN membership as pressure mounts for new Palestinian-Israeli talks.
- 26 Sep 2011 07:19 - Louis Charbonneau
- The Palestinians' initiative to seek UN recognition as a state faces an uphill struggle to secure the nine votes needed for approval.
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- 25 Sep 2011 16:27 - Shatha Yaish
- President Mahmoud Abbas says Palestine will not hold peace talks without a "complete halt" to Israeli settlement building.
- 25 Sep 2011 07:35 - Ali Sawafta
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he expected the Security Council to finish debating his nation's application for UN membership in weeks.
- 24 Sep 2011 12:06 - Joseph Dana
- Palestinians poured into Ramallah's Yasser Arafat Square on Friday to watch Mahmoud Abbas submit Palestine's bid for full membership of the UN.
- 24 Sep 2011 07:37 - Jonathan Freedland
- Palestinians used the mechanics of diplomacy to grab a rare moment in the international sun, forcing the world to pay attention to their cause.
- 23 Sep 2011 09:58 - Staff Reporter
- Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas announced last week the PLO would seek recognition in the UNSC of a Palestinian state within Israel.
- 23 Sep 2011 07:43 - Arshad Mohammed
- Israel and the United States oppose full UN membership for Palestine, saying the only way to create a state is through negotiations.
- 22 Sep 2011 07:32 - Staff Reporter
- South Africa, a key UN Security Council member, "fully supports" the Palestinian bid for full membership of the United Nations.
- 21 Sep 2011 06:44 - Chris McGreal
- Compromise would see Mahmoud Abbas submit a letter to UN Security Council, which would then defer the vote until further talks.
