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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