24/09/2011 10:33
Abbas stakes Palestinian claim to state at U.N.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked the United Nations on Friday to recognize a state for his people, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said only direct negotiations could deliver peace, Reuters reported.
Abbas handed U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a letter requesting full U.N. membership, which the Security Council will discuss on Monday.
The United States has vowed to use its veto if it comes to a vote.