Palestine to Seek UN Non-Member State Status, Abbas Tells General Assembly Debate

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–27 September 2012 – The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, whose bid for full United Nations membership failed last year, announced today from the podium of the General Assembly that he would seek non-Member State status this year, accusing Israel of apparently rejecting the internationally endorsed two-state solution.

“In our endeavour, we do not seek to delegitimize an existing State, that is Israel, but rather to assert the State that must be…