01/01/2013
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pronounced 2013 to be the year of “statehood and independence” for Palestine.
In an address celebrating the 48th anniversary of the Fatah Movement, Abbas expressed hope that prisoners will be freed and refugees returned to their homeland in 2013.
In November, the UN overwhelmingly voted to grant Palestine non-member observer status. Israel strongly opposes Palestinian statehood, despite the notion’s widespread international support.
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