President Mahmoud Abbas has said that if negotiations with Israel do not go anywhere by September he will go to the United Nations to ask for recognition of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders.According to Palestinian news agency Wafa, President Abbas said this during a speech at the opening of a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah today. He said, that the Palestinian reconciliation, which Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and US President Obama have asked Abbas to negate, is a major Palestinian interest that should be completed and implemented. He termed the speech of President Obama regarding the borders of the Palestinian state on the 1967 lines as a positive development while accusing Israeli Prime Minister of moving very far from the peace process.
News On AIR | May 25, 2011 9:16 PM
Abbas to ask UN for recognition of Palestinian state