Pressure mounts on PA leaders to exploit UN observer status as most Palestinians believe peace talks will not yield results.
PA chief Abbas swears to ‘never give up ounce of Palestinian demands’
By AFP
A year after the Palestinians were granted non-member observer status by the United Nations, pressure is mounting on their leaders to exploit that rather than pursue peace talks few see bearing fruit.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas – Photo: AP
No official ceremony was scheduled Friday in the Palestinian territories to mark the historic November 29, 2012 vote of the UN General Assembly.
But in comments published Thursday by official news agency Wafa, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledged to do everything possible to establish a Palestinian state with its capital in Israeli-annexed Arab east Jerusalem. Continue Reading »











