Palestinians won a crucial vote to enter UNESCO as a full member on Monday, scoring a symbolic victory in their battle for statehood and full membership in the UN General Assembly.

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The relatives of Israelis killed in Palestinian attacks have reacted strongly against a prisoners swap deal with Hamas to win freedom for captive soldier Gilad Shalit, as the country's Supreme Court p

Israel was on Wednesday waiting to hear when captive soldier Gilad Shalit would return home, a day after the Jewish state inked a deal with Hamas that will see 1,000 Palestinian prisoners freed.

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Joudeh Hirbawi is not sure why young Palestinians do not want to wear the iconic black-and-white keffiyeh scarves his factory makes. But he has found another way to stay afloat.

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked the United Nations on Friday to recognise a state for his people, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the world body as a 'theater of the

Amid a last-ditch American effort to head off a Palestinian bid for membership in the United Nations, India has reiterated its absolute 'unequivocal support' for a Palestinian state.

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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Friday handed over a historic request to UN chief Ban Ki-moon asking the United Nations to admit the state of Palestine as a full member, UN officials said.

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Palestinians on Thursday slammed US President Barack Obama's United Nations address a day earlier, calling it a display of US bias towards Israel.

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President Barack Obama was to meet Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday as diplomats scrambled behind the scenes to convince the Palestinian leader to drop his bid for UN membership of a Palestinian state.

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday urged Israel to recognise a Palestinian state and not 'lose an opportunity for peace,' ahead of a formal request for Palestinian UN membership this week.