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25/09/2011, Palestinian Information Center
MP Rawya Shawa has called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to explain to the Palestinians in detail what exactly he would request from the United Nations in September ...

24/09/2011, The Electronic Intifada
The Electronic Intifada has obtained a copy of the full text of the application for UN membership for the “State of Palestine” presented yesterday by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ...

21/09/2011, Wafa News Agency
The Popular National Conference for Jerusalem, in a statement Wednesday, called for the formation of defense committees against Jewish settlers' attacks targeting Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, in retaliation to the Palestinian plan to request full United Nations membership of a Palestinian state within 1967 borders this Friday ...

20/09/2011, Palestinian Information Center
Ezzet al-Resheq, a political bureau member of Hamas, has denounced the Nablus mayor for threatening to sack civil servants who do not participate in rallies supporting the PA step of asking UN recognition of Palestine ...

19/09/2011, maannews
Top Palestinian and Israeli leaders held talks in New York amid frantic diplomatic efforts to avoid a showdown over a Palestinian bid to seek full UN membership as a state ...

19/09/2011, Palestinian Information Center
Hamas and Fatah parties in the Gaza Strip have agreed not to take to the streets in an attempt to avoid a split as Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has headed to New York to seek state recognition at the UN ...

05/09/2011, Wafa News Agency
President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday that “the Palestinians do not want to delegitimize anyone, but we want to legitimize the Palestinian existence by obtaining independence and having a country like the rest of the world ...

04/09/2011, maannews
The United States has launched a last ditch diplomatic drive to persuade Palestinians to scrap their plan to seek UN recognition as a state, The New York Times said ...

10/08/2011, Haaretz
Diplomat says that Israel, PA should continue security cooperation and avoid steps that could deteriorate into violence ...

27/07/2011, New York Times