In an escalating international dispute, Israel launched a series of diplomatic attacks against several of its Western allies as they prepare to recognize a Palestinian state next month.

International recognition will do as much to rebuke Hamas’s maximalist demands as it will those of the Israeli right, dealing a blow to expansionist aspirations in the West Bank, the only territory that has any realistic chance of becoming a Palestinian state.

A 58% majority of Americans believe that every country in the United Nations should recognize Palestine as a nation, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, as Israel and Hamas considered a possible truce in the nearly two-year-long Gaza war.

Speaking to Sky News Australia PM Netanyahu warned that, 'any leader who supports a Palestinian state supports radicalism, also in their own countries. If the West doesn't take a stand, the crocodile will come for them too.

Germany's foreign minister has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages held by Hamas after a meeting in Indonesia.

Editor David Horovitz on domestic and global backlash -- and backing -- drawn by both a partial deal and a Gaza City op. Plus, why Israelis are even further from a two-state solution

The largely symbolic move has more to do with politics than supporting Palestinians’ right to self-determination.

Nearly 6 in 10 Americans said the United Nations countries should recognize the Palestinian state, according to a survey that was published Wednesday morning. The Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 58 percent of U.

French President Emmanuel Macron shared a letter addressed to the leader of the Palestinian Authority on Thursday, citing a need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Benjamin Netanyahu has blasted Sir Keir Starmer's "weak" and "shameful" plans to recognise the state of Palestine once again. In a furious podcast appearance on Wednesday, the Israeli Prime Minister laid into his British counterpart - and issued a dire warning over his response to Israel's military activity in Gaza to boot.