Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas warned of “the catastrophic danger of the racist Israeli settlement of our country, Palestine,” in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. In a sprawling and direct speech at the UN, Abbas, President of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, described persistent Israeli crimes in the occupied West Bank and called for … Continue reading Abbas Condemns ‘Racist’ Israeli ‘Colonization’ and ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ in Palestine