Grace Gilson

Most Americans — 58% — believe that countries in the United Nations should recognize a Palestinian state, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll .

The poll surveyed U.S. adults from Aug. 13 to 18, as several world powers announced plans to recognize a Palestinian state at next month’s U.N. General Assembly in New York City.

The leaders of Australia , France , the United Kingdom and Canada have all said they would take the step nearly two years into the war in Gaza and amid sharp concerns about Israel’s prosecution of its offensive against Hamas in the Palestinian enclave.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long opposed recognition of a Palestinian state. Israel’s allies had until recently supported recognition only in the context of a negotiated

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