UK PM meets Abbas ahead of statehood recognition
Britain’s prime minister Keir Starmer met with Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas Monday in London, as the UK government edges towards recognising a Palestinian state.
Britain’s prime minister Keir Starmer met with Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas Monday in London, as the UK government edges towards recognising a Palestinian state.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday urged the United States to ‘revise’ its decision to deny visas to members of the Palestinian Authority to attend the UN General Assembly this month.
French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Saturday there should be no restrictions on access to next month’s UN General Assembly, after the United States said it would deny visas to members of the Palestinian authority.
The United States said Friday it will deny visas to members of the Palestinian Authority to attend next month’s UN General Assembly, where France is leading a push to recognize a Palestinian state.
The Palestinian Authority has ordered the suspension of broadcasts by Qatar-based Al Jazeera across the Palestinian territories, accusing the network of incitement, official media reported.
FOLLOWING a ten-day siege, the Palestinian Authority began, on December 14, a violent raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank.
Norway said on Thursday that Israel’s decision to revoke the diplomatic status of Oslo’s envoys to the Palestinian Authority was an ‘extreme action’ that would ‘have consequences’...