Sitting on our hands over Palestinian UN bid?
The UN vote on changing Palestine’s status represents a strange moment for one of its biggest financial backers – the UK.
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Thousands of Palestinians at a refugee camp in Damascus are starving to death after six months under Syrian siege. Warning: this report contains some highly distressing images.
The Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic is killed in what police say was probably an accidental explosion at his residence in the Czech capital.
Israel frees 26 Palestinian prisoners, the second of four groups to be released as part of a deal that set in motion the current Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
As peace talks are set to continue this week, Israel approves the release of 26 Palestinian prisoners as part of the negotiations.
Israel says it will release a number of long-term Palestinian prisoners as part of an agreement with US Secretary of State John Kerry to resume peace talks.
The UN vote on changing Palestine’s status represents a strange moment for one of its biggest financial backers – the UK.
The Palestinian Authority is bidding for “non-member state” recognition by the United Nations. Will it succeed after last year’s failed push for full recognition? And what are the likely consequences?
A report by British lawyers who visited Israel and the West Bank accuses Israel’s security forces of regularly breaching the UN convention on children’s rights.
More than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners who have been on hunger strike in Israeli jails have agreed to end their protest following negotiations.
Palestinian activist Sheikh Raed Salah wins an appeal against deportation from the UK, but a Jewish group has reacted with disappointment at the decision.
Palestinians around the world are voicing their support for Khader Adnan from the West Bank, who has been on hunger strike for the last 60 days. He is reported to be ‘close to death’.
As Israel retaliates over a Palestinian statehood bid that looks set to fail, Ramallah’s deputy mayor tells Channel 4 News the Israeli reaction means times will be hard for those who believe in peace.
As the United States employs diplomatic “procedure” to ensure fellow members of the UN Security Council do not vote for Palestinian statehood, Channel 4 News US Correspondent Matt Frei concludes that diplomacy is letting someone else have YOUR way.
The Israeli army says it is checking reports security forces shot dead a Palestinian in the West Bank as the Palestinian Authority prepares to submit an application for statehood to the UN.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas asks the United Nations to recognise a state for his people.