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September 28, 2012

Palestinian Leader Condemns Settler Attacks in U.N. Address 
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Also speaking before the U.N. General Assembly Thursday, Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas condemned Israel over Israeli settlements in the
Occupied Territories, saying more than 500 settler attacks had been
carried out on Palestinians since the beginning of the year. Abbas also
vowed to continue seeking non-member status at the United Nations for
Palestine. In his condemnation of Israeli government policy, Abbas
invoked the term “Nakba,” or “catastrophe,” which refers to the
period around Israel’s declaration of statehood in 1948 when hundreds
of thousands of Palestinians were displaced from their homes.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas: "Israel refuses to end the
occupation and refuses to allow the Palestinian people to attain their
rights and freedom and rejects the independence of the State of
Palestine. Israel is promising the Palestinian people a new catastrophe,
a new Nakba."

 

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