Sentence examples for declaring statehood in from inspiring English sources

The Jews welcomed this original two-state solution, declaring statehood in 1948.

And then the White House stopped the substantive Palestinian move to declaring statehood by squelching the vote in the Security Council.

On Wednesday in Jakarta, Mr. Arafat said he was reconsidering the timing of declaring statehood after China and then Indonesia joined a long list of nations urging him to back off.

In a recent letter to a volunteer group that supplies and trains defense teams, the settlement said it was worried about what would happen "with the Arabs declaring statehood".

We have been going around in circles long enough". Netanyahu also stepped up his warnings to Arafat in response to the Palestinian leader's vow to declare statehood on May 4 , 1999 a date set in the Oslo peace accords for the completion of negotiations.

Matters took another turn in May 1948, when the British left, Israel declared statehood and the armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq marched in.

The assumption on all sides here is that when the Palestinians declare statehood, Vatican recognition will be almost automatic -- in sharp and, to Israelis, hurtful contrast to the 45 years it took for the Holy See to acknowledge Israel's existence.

Palestinians might actually declare statehood on the ground.

In exchange, according to an agreement Netanyahu and Secretary Hillary Clinton reached on Thursday, the U.S. will send Israel twenty advanced fighter jets and would veto any U.N. Security Council attempts to declare statehood for Palestine without Israeli approval.

Mr. Arafat has asserted that he will declare statehood this year, with or without an accord.

Beijing has threatened force if Taiwan drags its feet on reunification or declares statehood.