Diplomatic crisis intensifies over Palestinian UN bid
- 13 years ago
The diplomatic crisis around President Mahmoud Abbas' push for recognition of a Palestinian state is intensifying, in the run-up to his planned UN request on Friday. Abbas intends to ask for a Security Council vote, but the US and Israel say a state can only emerge through negotiation. Washington has pledged to veto the UN bid. ... http://www.euronews.net/