Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi has been at the center of the contacts, while Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh reportedly is pressuring the UK.

In 1947, the UN offered a separate state to the Jews and to the Arabs. The Jews accepted but the Arabs rejected it and instead launched a full-scale war against the nascent Jewish State.

Young Netanyahu makes it clear. The Palestinian’s just want one thing.

On May 16, 1916, Britain and France divided the former Ottoman Empire territory in the Middle East , including the Land of Israel, which came under British rule.

Greece is set to join several other European nations in recognizing a Palestinian state with a non-binding symbolic declaration that will take place after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the Greek parliament on Tuesday.