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Abbas: UN will take weeks, not months on Palestinian bid
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he expected the Security Council to finish debating his nation’s application for UN membership in weeks.
Palestinians set on UN statehood bid
Palestinians will seek recognition as a United Nations member-state in September given the deadlock in US-brokered peacemaking with Israel.
No talks until Israel halts settlements, PLO says
Direct talks with Israel will not resume unless it halts the building of Jewish settlements on occupied land, the Palestinian leadership said.
US pushes to fix peace talks after crisis
US envoy George Mitchell stepped up the pace of efforts to save Middle East peace talks launched four weeks ago.