PhotoBlog - palestinian-statehood-bid

Sep

2011

8:12pm, EDT

John Minchillo / AP

A security officer scans the streets through binoculars atop the UN General Assembly building ahead of the UNGA, Monday, Sept. 19. The NYPD stepped up security measures throughout the city, shutting down streets and redirecting traffic away from the UN headquarters.

Abbas defiant as 'all hell' breaks out over UN plan

AP reports:

NEW YORK — President Mahmoud Abbas told U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Monday that he would push ahead with plans to seek full U.N. membership for a Palestinian state, a move the United States and Israel say could lead to disaster.

Abbas met Ban at the U.N. headquarters and reaffirmed that he planned to ask this week for a Security Council vote on Palestinian membership despite the certainty of a U.S. veto, his spokesman Nabil Abu Rdaineh said. Full story.