Abbas is counting on a vote at the United Nations to undermine Israel's legitimacy in the international community and to create favorable conditions for what he hopes will be a final, successful intifada
Palestinians Bring Their Intifada To The United Nations
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas threw down the gauntlet in his televised address to the Palestinian people from his Ramallah headquarters on September 16, 2011. He said he will take the Palestinian request for full recognition as a United Nations member state to the UN Security Council on the basis of the 1967 territorial lines, even though he knows that the U.S. has vowed to veto such a resolution. Abbas is asking the international community to formally ratify the exact physical boundaries of an independent Palestinian state on Palestinian terms.
