Category: 3. Middle East

The President of Iraq, Abdul Latif Rashid, has told the BBC’s Tom Bateman that he rejects the idea that recognition of the State of Palestine rewards Hamas.

France formally recognised a Palestinian state on Monday, joining other nations such as…

Former US vice president Kamala Harris has written that former president Joe Biden could not show enough empathy toward Gazans, according to excerpts published by Axios Tuesday from “107 days,” Harris’s upcoming account of her failed…

RAMALLAH (AFP) — Crowds of people rallied in the West Bank on Tuesday, waving flags and holding posters of Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas to celebrate the wave of recognition by Western powers of a Palestinian…

Israel said Tuesday that it would close the Allenby Crossing between Jordan and the West Bank “until further notice,” stranding most Palestinians for whom the gate is their only way out of the territory.

The crossing had originally…

The following is the official translation of the September 22, 2025, speech by “President of the State of Palestine” Mahmoud Abbas, delivered via video link to the United Nations during the High-level International Conference for…

Saudi Arabia and France warned Israel on Monday against “any form of annexation” as potential retaliation for Western countries’ recognition of Palestinian statehood, saying it would be a “red line.”

A joint statement from the two…

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Culture editor Jessica Steinberg joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s…