After decades of inaction and frozen negotiations, the issue of an independent Palestinian state living in peace with Israel ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger ...

This week, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israel Defense Force would occupy the Gaza Strip, following ...

France to become the first G7 state to recognise the state of Palestine, as Israeli PM Netanyahu condemns decision.

Israel and the United States angrily — and wrongly — condemned French president Emmanuel Macron’s recognition of a ...

Canada has joined France and Britain in announcing plans to recognize a Palestinian state in September as international ...

France and the United Kingdom also made statements this month about recognizing a Palestinian state in September at the U.N.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France will recognize Palestinian statehood, a largely symbolic move but one that puts a leading, global nation at odds with Israel’s push for ...

The announcements reflect deep frustrations with Israel’s conduct in Gaza and in the occupied West Bank, experts say.

Consistent with its historic commitment to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, I have decided that France will ...

France has long backed a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine based on the 1967 borders, although the Elysee source said that the French recognition would not specify the borders.

France is now the biggest Western power to recognize Palestine, and the move could pave the way for other countries to do the same. More than 140 countries recognize a Palestinian state, including ...