U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan outlines a blueprint for Palestinian statehood, but in the West Bank - where this vision would be realised - the economic prospects for a viable state are being strangled.

Roughly 80% of UN members now back Palestinian statehood after several recognized it this week. We need to give the Palestinians hope for the future and also make sure that the Israelis can live in peace.

After decades of accusations of corruption and misrule, the Palestinian Authority is deeply unpopular among Palestinians.

Dozens of world leaders gathered to rally support for a two-state solution at the U.N. General Assembly after a number of U.S. allies formally recognized Palestine as a state.

A fresh wave of support for the Palestinians will remain ineffective and without real impact unless the international community takes concrete action.

New Zealand is among half a dozen Pacific island nations that have not recognised Palestine at a time Israel’s war starving and killing millions in Gaza grinds on. South Korea, Singapore and the US are among other nations that have not yet recognised Palestinian statehood.

The designation from U.S. allies follows U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's meeting with President Trump last week.

A United Nations-backed plan outlining "tangible, timebound, and irreversible steps" toward a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians describes what role the Palestinian Authority could play.

In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Western countries they were giving Hamas a "reward" for recognizing a Palestinian state.

Romman, who gained attention last year after joining the Uncommitted movement, says Democrats are in need of a clearer progressive vision.

The Palestinian petitioners seek to build on previous concessions made by the UK over colonial-era war crimes, including this year's apology for the 1948 Batang Kali massacre in Malaya and the settlement over abuses of Kenyans during the Mau Mau uprising of the 1950s.