Protesters against Israel’s Gaza offensive clashed with police in Milan and other Italian cities yesterday as tens of thousands marched in Rome and dockworkers blocked ports in solidarity with Palestinians.

Donald Trump believes the recognition of a Palestinian state by key allies including Britain is effectively rewarding Hamas for its attack on Israel

Israel was invited to address the UN Security Council’s discussion on Gaza conflict during the UN high-level week

France to follow suit

Moves pile pressure on Israel as UN General Assembly week begins

Israel weighing possible West Bank annexation, officials say

With Britain, Australia, and Canada’s recognition, the prospect of a Palestinian state received a symbolic boost.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel’s war with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah had created the possibility for peace with neighbouring Lebanon and Syria.

Britain, Canada, Australia and Portugal strongly back two-state solution amid Gaza carnage

Israeli PM tells Britain, Australia and Canada their recognition of Palestine is a “reward to terror”

Mahmud Mardawi welcomes western recognition of Palestinian State

Calls to build on three countries' recognition

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee the city

Pledges to oppose at UN next week

A suite of nations are set to do the same to pressure Israel over Gaza

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world should not be “intimidated” by Israel and its creeping annexation of the occupied West Bank, as the nearly two-year-long Israeli offensive in Gaza intensified yesterday, killing at least 51 people.

From the music, film to publishing industries, growing numbers of Western artists are calling for a cultural boycott of Israel over the Gaza war, hoping to emulate the success of the apartheid-era blockade of South Africa.

The Israeli military yesterday warned it would operate with “unprecedented force” in Gaza City, telling residents to flee southwards as it presses its ground offensive on the territory’s largest urban centre.

Only country to veto among 15-member council

Unlikely to pass in a Republican majority