statehood
noun
state·hood
ˈstāt-ˌhu̇d 
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Regardless, Saudi Arabia has promised not to do so until Gaza receives statehood, as Israel simultaneously expands its Jewish settlements in the West Bank, decreasing the likelihood of a two-state solution any time soon.
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Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
Kelly took the newspaper daily on Jan 10, 1888, two years before statehood.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025
Highlighting the long-term difficulties of the ceasefire agreement, Israel has already rejected both Palestinian Authority responsibility for Gaza and any notion of Palestinian statehood.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
So while international actors focus on ceasefire negotiations and reconstruction, the violence in the West Bank undermines the territorial and demographic foundations necessary for Palestinian statehood and makes the prospect of a lasting ceasefire more distant.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
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Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
Kelly took the newspaper daily on Jan 10, 1888, two years before statehood.
—Idaho Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025
Highlighting the long-term difficulties of the ceasefire agreement, Israel has already rejected both Palestinian Authority responsibility for Gaza and any notion of Palestinian statehood.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
So while international actors focus on ceasefire negotiations and reconstruction, the violence in the West Bank undermines the territorial and demographic foundations necessary for Palestinian statehood and makes the prospect of a lasting ceasefire more distant.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
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statehood
noun
state·hood
ˈstāt-ˌhu̇d
: the condition of being a state
especially
: the condition or status of one of the states of the U.S.
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