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Abbas urges int'l community to recognize Palestinian state
February 21, 2018

Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas has called for convening an international conference by mid of this year that would result in the recognition of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders.

Speaking at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York, he said the Palestinians no longer view Washington as a neutral negotiator and have been calling for a collective approach to try and broker the Middle East peace.

The Palestinian president slammed the Trump administration, describing Washington’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as an “unlawful decision which was rejected by the international community.

Speaking on the occasion, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said Trump administration will not change its decision to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.