While putting the case for Palestinian statehood at the 66 th session of the United Nations General Assembly on 23 September 2011, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas raised the emotional pitch and argued, ‘the Arab Spring must be followed by the Palestinian Spring.’ Recalling late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Abbas exhorted the members of the international body to realize ‘inalienable rights of the Palestinian people,’ and help fulfill the Palestinian dream to be 194 th member of the United Nations Organization (UN)…
Aurobinda MAHAPATRA | 25.09.2011 |