Posts Tagged: PA UN
UN World Tourism Body Delays Decision on Palestinian Membership
JNS.org - The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announced on Tuesday it will postpone a decision on whether to allow the Palestinian Authority (PA) to...
PA Backtracks on Efforts to Become Member of UN Tourism Agency
The Palestinian Authority decided Wednesday to backtrack from its decision to put to a vote in the UN's tourism agency a resolution that would accept Palestine as...
Abbas Under ‘Intense Pressure’ to Return to Negotiations
Ynet - The Palestinian president has told advisers that as the US tries to restart Mideast peace talks, he is under intense international pressure to...
Kerry: Israeli ‘Sense of Security’ Prevents Urgency for Peace Talks
Times of Israel - Israelis' "sense of security" prevents them from feeling sufficient urgency to resume peace talks with the Palestinians, US Secretary...
Hamas Rejects Latest Arab League Peace Proposal
The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has rejected a revised peace initiative by the Arab League. First proposed in 2002, the Arab League's peace initiative calls for...
Beware of Arabs Selling Oceanfront Property in Arizona
The recycled Arab League peace proposal - based on the Palestinian claim of return and the1967 lines with mutually agreed land swap - attempts to sell oceanfront...
Livni Meets with Kerry in Washington to Discuss ‘Peace Process’
Jerusalem Post - In a further indication of stirrings in the long-stagnant Israeli-Palestinian diplomatic process, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni met Thursday in Washington with...
Palestinian FM: PA Suspended Seeking Additional UN Recognition in Response to Obama Request
Politico - In connection with President Barack Obama's visit to the Middle East last month, the Palestinian Authority agreed to halt its drive to...
Kerry Seeks to Revive Dormant Arab-Israeli Peace Process
Wall Street Journal - Secretary of State John Kerry, plowing ahead where so many have become bogged down, is seeking to revive the dormant...
Abbas Pledges to Temporarily Halt Unilateral Action Against Israel
Ynet - President Mahmoud Abbas will temporarily refrain from unilateral action against Israel to give US-brokered peace talks a chance to resume, a Palestinian official...
Welcome to the “State of Palestine”?
Nationalism and peoplehood are just part of the ingredients of statehood, or rather state building. Pronouncing their existence does not actually connote that...
Palestinian Authority UN Bid: An Open Letter to the Mayor of Paris
The Mayor of Paris recently came out with a declaration calling for France to support the upcoming Palestinian Authority bid at the UN for them...
Palestinian Authority Submits Resolution for Upgraded Status at UN, Vote Set for Nov. 29
The Palestinian Authority has submitted a final draft resolution to the United Nations General Assembly, paving the way for a vote on upgraded status at...
Who Will Block the Palestinian Authority at the UN?
U.S. President Barack Obama was right to advise Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas not to seek to upgrade the status of the...
