UNITED NATIONS - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday appealed to the UN General Assembly to recognize Palestinian statehood by supporting a resolution to upgrade the UN observer status of the Palestinian Authority from "entity" to "non-member state.""The General Assembly is called upon today to issue a birth certificate of the reality of the State of Palestine," Abbas told the 193-nation assembly, according to the written text of his speech.
(photo credit: The Jerusalem Post)