Foreign leader after foreign leader has taken the podium at the United Nations General Assembly this week to condemn Israel’s war in Gaza and endorse an independent Palestinian state. On Thursday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas championed that call.

(Corrects reporting credit) (Reuters) -Several more countries are expected to formally recognise a Palestinian state at a world summit convened on Monday by France and Saudi Arabia, a day after Australia,

BENJAMIN Netanyahu broadcast his entire UN speech to Gaza as he slammed Western leaders who recognised the State of Palestine. The Israeli Prime Minister vowed that his country would “finish

While the Palestinian Authority president spoke via videolink, world leaders met without him to discuss the war in Gaza.

He emphasised that we will not recognise Israel until Israel recognises Palestine as a state. We will work for peace not just through words, but through our presence on the ground. Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, does not maintain ...

Japan’s prime minister tells the United Nations that Tokyo’s recognition of the State of Palestine is only a question of time, saying he was “indignant” at recent comments by Israeli officials.

There is no single definition of a state, but international law widely cites the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The UN has previously referenced the Montevideo Convention when discussing Palestinian statehood.

ABC News' Ian Pannell reports on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the United Nations and a Houthi drone strike on southern Israel which injured 22 people.