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Palestinians win implicit U.N. recognition of sovereign state | Reuters

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Nov 29, 2012 – UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the de facto recognition of a sovereign Palestinian state after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the world body to issue its long overdue "birth certificate." There were 138 votes in favor, nine against and 41 abstentions. Three countries did not take part in the vote to upgrade the Palestinian Authority's observer status at the United Nations to "non-member state" from "entity."
The assembly approved the upgrade despite threats by the United States and Israel to punish the Palestinians by withholding funds for the West Bank government. U.N. envoys said Israel might avoid harsh retaliation as long as the Palestinians did not seek to join the International Criminal Court.
The much-anticipated vote came after Abbas denounced Israel for its "aggressive policies and the perpetration of war crimes" from the U.N. podium, remarks that elicited a furious response from the Jewish state.
"Sixty-five years ago on this day, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 181, which partitioned the land of historic Palestine into two states and became the birth certificate for Israel," Abbas told the 193-nation assembly after receiving a standing ovation.

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Nov 29, 2012 – The U.N. General Assembly voted today to approve Palestinians' request to be upgraded to a "non-member observer state," defying opposition ...

Middle East peace talks begin in US


Latest News Updates, World: US President Barack Obama urges Israeli and Palestinian leaders that they shouldn’t let the chance of a permanent peace deal slip away. He says this moment of opportunity may not soon come again and pledges US support for the new negotiations.

Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has said he is looking "to find a historic compromise" that will bring peace to the Middle East for generations as he begins direct talks with the Palestinian leader,Mahmoud Abbas, in Washington today.
The two leaders met Barack Obama yesterday, when the US president launched his initiative to forge a peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians within a year, which he described as a "moment of opportunity that may not soon come again".