Is Abbas’s UN trip Israel’s last hope for peace?

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will arrive in New York for the United Nations General Assembly and is expected set a time limit for Israel to withdraw from the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, in exchange for a peace deal.

 

It is the latest example of Abbas’s attempt to seek international recognition for a Palestinian state, after US-brokered peace talks failed to achieve any progress.

 

“President Abbas has a tough mission ahead of him and he is going to be facing some serious obstacles from the United States and its allies in Europe and from Israel,” Palestinian journalist Maher Abu Khater told The Media Line.

 

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