Home to 2.7 million Palestinians, the Israeli-occupied West Bank has long been at the heart of plans for a future nation existing alongside Israel. The model is known as the two-state solution to the ...

Even before the war in Gaza, negotiations failed to produce peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. By Aaron Boxerman Reporting from Jerusalem France, Britain and the other countries ...

• Australia, Canada and the UK announced their recognition of Palestinian statehood, in an apparently coordinated move that piles pressure on Israel and puts the three countries at odds with the US. • ...

Britain, Canada and Australia announced formal recognition of the state of Palestine on Sunday, in an attempt to pile pressure on Israel as it presses on with its campaign in Gaza despite ...