Flag-waving Palestinians filled the squares of major West Bank cities on Wednesday to rally behind President Mahmoud Abbas\’s bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations despite U.S. and Israeli objections.\n
President Obama appealed to the United Nations to recognize Israel’s security concerns in considering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected Palestinian plans to seek U.N. blessing for statehood and urged a return to peace talks with Israel as he tried to head off a looming diplomatic disaster.
A senior Palestinian official voiced disappointment at U.S. President Barack Obama\’s speech to the the United Nations on Wednesday, saying he had hoped for an expression of support for Palestinian freedom.
President Barack Obama is unable to succeed. He tries and misses. He wants to bless the peace process and ends up cursing it. Another chapter in this sad story was written last week when the president once again channeled the sides into the dead end of a final-status agreement, while standing in the way of the establishment of a Palestinian state – the only chance for diplomatic progress between Israel and the Palestinians.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed on Wednesday that the United Nations give the Palestinians status as a U.N. observer state while setting out a roadmap for peace within one year.
With the Palestinians set to submit their bid for statehood as the U.N. General Assembly convenes this week and leaders from around the world descending on New York, there\’s going to be a lot going on.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in New York saying he expects his people will be in a \”very difficult situation\” following his United Nations statehood bid.
President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting.
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