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The 109-Year-Old Pact That Looms Over European Moves to Recognize a Palestinian State

The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a secret treaty Britain and France signed more than a century ago. Many consider it to have ...
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Vatican communication office urges 2-state solution as France backs Palestinian statehood

The editorial manager for the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, Andrea Tornielli, called for a “two-state solution” and ...

France calls on the EU to pressure Israel to come to the table on Palestinian two-state solution

France is calling on the European Union to pressure Israel to agree to a two-state solution with the Palestinians.

Western countries speak of a future Palestinian state as the nightmare unfolding in Gaza worsens

A future Palestinian state led by political rivals of Hamas who accept Israel and help it suppress the militant group would ...

A viable Palestinian state remains far off, despite growing international clamor

The latest moves by US allies France, Britain and Canada – while in many ways largely symbolic – have left Washington ...

France to deport Palestinian woman over antisemitic post featuring Hitler, halts Gaza evacuations

France is halting its evacuations of Gazans as outrage grows over a Palestinian student's antisemitic posts. The country's ...

How Gaza exasperation pushed three Israel allies towards recognising Palestinian state

By David Ljunggren, Michel Rose and Alistair Smout OTTAWA/PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) -When Spain, Ireland and Norway announced in ...

The vexed road to recognition of a Palestinian state

In declaring that they intend to recognise a Palestinian state, Britain, France and Canada have moved closer to a step that ...