2017 should mark end of Israeli occupation: Mahmoud Abbas

‘President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas has called on the international community to make efforts to turn 2017 into the final year of Israel’s occupation of Palestine.
Abbas said in his Thursday address to the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly that 2017 should become “the international year to end the Israeli occupation of our land and our people.”
Abbas said 2017 would mark 50 years since the Israeli regime carried out its “abhorrent” occupation of the Palestinian territories after the 1967 war, calling on the international community to do more to achieve the long-sought goal of establishing an independent Palestinian state.’
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