Abbas: Palestinians will go to Security Council over full U.N. membership
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks as he holds a press conference following the Extraordinary Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on last week's US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, on December 13, 2017, in Istanbul.
Islamic leaders on December 13 urged the world to recognise occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, as Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas warned the United States no longer had any role to play in the peace process. / AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday the Palestinians will “go to the United Nations Security Council” over full U.N. membership after the U.S. decided to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Abbas, who spoke at an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul, did not elaborate on how the Palestinians intended to become a full member state.
