France has announced its intention to become the first member of the Group of Seven to recognize Palestine as a state. Ireland, Norway and Spain have already done so, breaking from a consensus within Western Europe and the US that the Palestinians should achieve statehood through negotiations with Israel.

Mapped: Which countries recognise Palestine as a state? - There are 147 UN member states out of 193 that recognise the state of Palestine - but the UK is not one of them

Emmanuel Macron’s position on a Palestinian state “doesn’t matter,” President Donald Trump said after the French president announced he would recognise the war-torn territory as a state.

If many countries choose to recognize Palestine but fail to confront the reality of escalating Israeli domination of the occupied territories, recognition could prove seriously counterproductive. If formal recognition becomes a substitute for defending the primacy of international law and addressing the core realities of Palestinian suffering,

Settlements and acts of settler violence against Palestinians undermine the prospects for a negotiated two-state solution,' E3 countries say - Anadolu Ajansı

Employers' group Ibec has warned that it would be "incredibly difficult" for businesses to implement a ban on services coming from the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Three independent experts working for the U.N.’s top human rights body who focus on Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories have announced their resignations, citing personal reasons and a nee

Widespread technical failures have crippled rail transport across the occupied Palestinian territories for over ten days, sparking public outrage and exposing severe infrastructure vulnerabilities under the Zionist regime.

With France saying it will recognise Palestine in September, making it the first G7 nation to do so, other countries such as the UK and Germany, which are holding out, have called for a political solution to the Palestine issue.