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Palestine recognition is great. Now it's time for action.

The two-state solution is on life support. Israel's genocide in Gaza and its relentless building of settlements in the West Bank are actively destroying the viability of a Palestinian state.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 23 September 2025
Screens show the number of votes as members of the United Nations General Assembly vote on the Palestinian issue and the implementation of the two-state solution, at the UN headquarters in New York on September 12, 2025. Reuters

The world inches towards Palestine recognition. Too little, too late?

Palestinians do not have the luxury of time. The prospect of their state is vanishing before their very eyes. What will next week's UN General Assembly bring?

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 15 September 2025
Eiko Ojala

Crunch time: this UN General Assembly will be a big one for Palestine

Will recognition from France, the UK, Canada and Australia matter? Or will Israel simply go on defying the vast majority of UN member states? September will tell us.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 11 August 2025
A man hangs a Palestinian flag at an electric pole near the border with Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip, before the recent war that has knocked out most of the territory's infrastructure. Ibraheem Abu / Reuters

Will Gaza’s suffering lead to a State of Palestine at last?

An international conference in New York this week generated momentum towards diplomatic recognition, but what precisely would be recognised? The West Bank is splintered and Gaza is under rubble.

Majed Kayali 01 August 2025
Smoke rises from an Israeli strike as the sun sets behind destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip, on July 21, 2025. Jack Guez/AFP

One last chance, before the sun sets on a Palestinian State

In 1947, the world's nations came together to propose the partition of Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states. One happened, the other did not. When they meet, will they right that wrong?

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 22 July 2025
Israel is the only country ever to be created by the UN yet also the country that has most violated the UN's resolutions Nash Weerasekera

Israel ramps up its 'war' on the United Nations

Israel's UNRWA ban further cements its disregard for the world governing body and its resolutions. Like apartheid South Africa, Israel should be suspended from the General Assembly.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 29 October 2024
British Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo

On First International Trip, Britain's Truss Pledges Ukraine Support

British Prime Minister Liz Truss will pledge at a UN summit to meet or exceed the 2.3 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) of military aid spent on Ukraine in 2022 in the next year, doubling down on her…

20 September 2022

American Sovereignty Is Safe From the UN

The United States has less reason to worry about its sovereignty than any other country in the world. No other country enjoys as much freedom from external interference—military, economic, or…

Bruce Jones 05 October 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to address the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2018 in New York City. (Getty)

Trump’s Nineteenth-Century Grand Strategy

When U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, he deliberately signaled a definitive break with the internationalist consensus that has guided U.S. grand…

Charles A. Kupchan 28 September 2018
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