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

The latest moves by US allies France, Britain and Canada – while in many ways largely symbolic – have left Washington ...

OTTAWA/JERUSALEM, July 30 (Reuters) - Canada plans to recognize the State of Palestine at a meeting of the United Nations in ...

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

It is the latest in a series of symbolic announcements that are part of a broader global shift against Israel’s policies in ...

As Israeli restrictions on aid escalated Gaza's humanitarian crisis and a two-month truce ended in March, talks began in ...

Israel is furious. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has condemned the recent moves by the UK, France, and Canada to ...

The recent push by several countries to recognize a state of Palestine is largely symbolic, but it carries diplomatic and ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the move was dependent on the Palestinian Authority committing to hold elections next year.

Over the past week, the United Kingdom, Canada and France have shifted on recognizing a Palestinian state, with conditions, amid rising starvation in Gaza.

Both countries said they would make the formal announcement at the UN General Assembly in New York in September.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Michael Lynk, former U.N. Special Rapporteur for human rights in Palestinian territories, about recent international moves to recognize a Palestinian state.