Abbas demands end to Israeli occupation 'now'

September 27, 2014 00:32

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas demanded an end to Israeli occupation today, telling the United Nations that "the hour of independence for Palestine has arrived." "There is an occupation that must end now. There is a people that must be freed immediately.

The hour of independence of the state of Palestine has arrived," Abbas said in an address to the UN General Assembly in New York. Abbas, however, did not set a deadline for fast-tracking to Palestinian statehood, after aides suggested they were eyeing 2017 as the year for Palestine to be born.

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