Palestinian Authority officials are now threatening to wage a campaign of international legal warfare against Israel, leveraging the upgraded status they secured via a diplomatic gambit at the United Nations last week. PA officials are raising the possibility that they will sue Israel over West Bank construction in the International...

Fears that the Palestinian Authority will use its upgraded status in the United Nations to wage diplomatic warfare against Israel were heightened today by reports that the PA may sue Israel in the International Criminal Court over settlement construction. The news is in line with the pronouncements of Palestinian officials...

Israeli officials are working to contain the diplomatic fallout from the government’s announcement to advance plans for the construction of 3,000 new housing units in areas immediately east of Jerusalem. The Israeli plan was unveiled in the aftermath of the Palestinians seeking and securing non-member statehood status in the United...

United States diplomats are blasting a vote in the United Nations General Assembly in which the UNGA voted to upgrade the Palestinian status at the United Nations to that of a non-member observer state. U.S. Secretary of State Clinton criticized the resolution – which passed with 138 votes in favor,...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed earlier today the Palestinian bid for non-member state status at the United Nations, emphasizing that while Israeli seeks to live in peace alongside a Palestinian state, the diplomatic gambit set for tonight “doesn’t advance peace, it pushes it backwards.” The Palestinian move, which is...

The United Nations General Assembly is expected to vote this Thursday on a motion to grant the Palestinians recognition as a non-member observer state. The motion, which carries no binding force as far as actually establishing a state of Palestine but does open up options for the Palestinians to sue...