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EST 1917

Friday, Mr. Abbas went to the UN

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And here’s what happened:

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas formally applied for statehood recognition at the United Nations.

In his speech to the General Assembly, Abbas outlined a vision for an independent Palestine that hewed to the two-state formula but also revived rhetoric that hearkened back to an era of Palestinian belligerence.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he’s ready to talk peace right now.

And they all traded charges of ethnic cleansing.

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