statehood
noun
state·hood
ˈstāt-ˌhu̇d 
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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.
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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
The 20-point plan for disarming Hamas, reconstructing Gaza, and creating a pathway for Palestinian statehood is therefore likely to remain dormant.
—Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
The ask is tall as Saudi Arabia has emphasized such a step can only be taken in response to an Israeli roadmap toward Palestinian statehood, an issue on which Herzog declines to weigh in directly given his position as head of state.
—Jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
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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
The 20-point plan for disarming Hamas, reconstructing Gaza, and creating a pathway for Palestinian statehood is therefore likely to remain dormant.
—Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
The ask is tall as Saudi Arabia has emphasized such a step can only be taken in response to an Israeli roadmap toward Palestinian statehood, an issue on which Herzog declines to weigh in directly given his position as head of state.
—Jennifer Cunningham, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 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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