MK Tibi travels to NY for Palestinian UN statehood bid
By JPOST.COM STAFF
11/28/2012 20:48
MK Ahmed Tibi on Wednesday traveled to New York in order attend the General Assembly meeting during which the Palestinian Authority will seek to upgrade its UN status to non-member state.
Tibi told reporters upon his arrival that PA President Mahmoud Abbas's UN bid is "a historic event along the road to the establishment of a Palestinian state."
"I fought all my life for the freedom of the Palestinian people so that is why I [decided to attend]," Tibi stated.