International recognition will do as much to rebuke Hamas’s maximalist demands as it will those of the Israeli right, dealing a blow to expansionist aspirations in the West Bank, the only territory that has any realistic chance of becoming a Palestinian state.

A 58% majority of Americans believe that every country in the United Nations should recognize Palestine as a nation, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, as Israel and Hamas considered a possible truce in the nearly two-year-long war.

Several countries including Australia, the United Kingdom and France have moved to recognize a Palestinian state.

Nearly 6 in 10 Americans said the United Nations countries should recognize the Palestinian state, according to a survey that was published Wednesday morning. The Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 58 percent of U.

Germany's foreign minister has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages held by Hamas after a meeting in Indonesia.

The embassy outlined eight points to question Israel’s “worn-out pretext” for killing Al-Shareef, who alleged that Al-shareef was a Hamas "terrorist" and “a head of a cell in the rocket brigade.”

A row between Israel and France over Paris's plan to recognise a Palestinian state next month escalated to crisis level on Tuesday when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused President Emmanuel

An Italian hospital says a 20-year-old Palestinian woman has died after being transferred from Gaza for treatment