Shorouk Express “The time has come because the emergency is everywhere,” he said. “The time for peace is now, because it will soon be too late to grab the moment.” Macron has led a diplomat push in recent months to get countries to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations annual get-together to ramp…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 22. The modern Constitution of Azerbaijan, prepared in 1995 under the direct leadership of National Leader Heydar Aliyev and approved by almost the entire population in a nationwide referendum on November 12, 1995, continues to serve as the cornerstone of the country’s statehood, said Kamran Aliyev, Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan,…
Shorouk Express Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin welcomed the declarations to recognize a Palestinian state. “It is a move bringing us closer to sovereignty and independence,” Shahin told reporters in Ramallah. “It might not end the war tomorrow, but it’s a move forward, which we need to build on and amplify,” she said, referring…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer has taken the historic step of recognising the state of Palestine, marking a major milestone in the push towards peace in…
Shorouk Express Macron’s ultimate goal is to show there is a global counterweight to Trump’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza, and to ramp up the pressure for peace. Comparisons are already being made with France’s defiance under Jacques Chirac to stand up to the U.S. over the invasion of Iraq in 2003 — a…
Shorouk Express “Appeasement towards jihadist terrorists always fails. It will fail you too. It will not happen.” The broadside came after Starmer — under pressure from his own party and a French push on the issue — made a conditional pledge to recognize a Palestinian state ahead of September’s United Nations General Assembly. The British…
Shorouk Express The decision comes shortly after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would convene an “emergency call” with the country’s E3 partners — France, Germany and Italy — on Friday to “discuss what we can do urgently to stop the killing and get people the food they desperately need.” In a furious response…
Shorouk Express In April, Macron said that time had come to “move toward recognition” and participate in a collective process in which both Israel and a Palestinian state were recognized. But that never happened. Now, with the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip deepening, formally recognizing a Palestinian state would look more like a reprimand,…
