Pope Leo meets Palestinian president, calls for two-state solution
The Vatican recognized Palestine a decade ago, and Pope Leo has backed statehood, even if that looks increasingly unlikely.
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The Vatican recognized Palestine a decade ago, and Pope Leo has backed statehood, even if that looks increasingly unlikely.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the United Nations General Assembly virtually after the U.S. revoked visas for him and members of his delegation. CBS News' Olivia Gazis reports.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the United Nations General Assembly virtually as more countries move to recognize a Palestinian state, and as Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu prepares for his speech. CBS News' Olivia Gazis reports, and Natan Sachs, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, joins CBS News with his analysis.
An international charity says a three-ship convoy carrying supplies from the World Central Kitchen left Cyprus Saturday.
President Biden is in Israel to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and some of the families whose loved ones died in the recent fighting. After a Gaza hopsital blast killed hundreds, Biden's meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and King Abdullah of Jordan was canceled. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe reports.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank Wednesday morning, a day after Blinken pressed Israeli leaders to work with moderate Palestinians on plans for a post-war Gaza. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more.
This was Secretary of State Antony Blinken's first visit to the West Bank since the Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Gaza.
For decades, Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank have had 2 main political options: Hamas or Fatah. Can either be viable after this war?
Within hours after a blast at a Gaza hospital, protesters hurled stones at Palestinian security forces in the West Bank and at police in Jordan.
As Mahmoud Abbas' latest remarks on why Hitler targeted the Jews draw outrage, his colleagues say it's the critics who are "extremely dangerous."