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Full Article Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Obama offers $3 trillion debt plan, tax hikes on rich 11:51am EDT Greece must shrink state to avoid default: lenders 7:19am EDT Greece must shrink state to avoid default: lenders 11:31am EDT Wall St sharply down on escalating euro zone woes 10:28am EDT Abbas defiant on U.N. bid as officials scramble on crisis | 11:45am EDT Discussed 140 Number of poor hit record 46 million in 2010 71 Geithner’s ”succinct” message irks Europeans 51 Obama to propose $3 trillion in deficit cuts Watched Scarlett's naked pics, Tyler Perry is highest paid Wed, Sep 14 2011 Photos capture air show crash Sat, Sep 17 2011 The fight for Sirte Sun, Sep 18 2011 Abbas defiant on U.N. bid as officials scramble on crisis Tweet Share this Email Print Related News New York meetings open to avert Palestinian crisis Sun, Sep 18 2011 Palestinians to seek full U.N. membership: Abbas Fri, Sep 16 2011 EU seeks limited upgrade of Palestinians' U.N. status Thu, Sep 15 2011 In would-be Palestinian state, a dose of reality Thu, Sep 15 2011 Arabs to avoid targeting Israel at U.N. atom meeting Thu, Sep 15 2011 Analysis & Opinion Vulture fund alleged insider trading sinks WaMu Chapt. 11 deal After Kabul attack, pressure remains on Pakistan Related Topics World » Related Video Abbas in NY as U.N. row looms 4:25am EDT 1 of 2. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sits at a table as he meets with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (not pictured) at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 19, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi By Ali Sawafta NEW YORK | Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:45am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in New York on Monday vowing to press ahead with plans to seek full U.N. membership for a Palestinian state as officials scrambled to head off a fresh diplomatic crisis in the Middle East. Abbas, speaking to reporters en route to the U.N. General Assembly in New York, said "all hell has broken out" over the statehood bid, but pledged to push forward despite warnings from the United States and Israel that it could have bad repercussions. "To what extent, we will know later on," said Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority, which depends on international financial aid for its survival in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The United States and Israel wanted to keep the peace process restricted to "a bilateral dialogue" overseen from afar by Washington, he said. But for nearly two decades, or since the Oslo Accords in 1993, this dialogue had failed, prompting the U.N. membership move. "We decided to take this step and all hell has broken out against us," he told reporters on his flight to New York. Abbas is due to meet U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday, but Palestinian officials say he will wait until Friday to present the U.N. chief with the request for full U.N. membership. On that day he will also address the General Assembly. But the United States has said it will block the Palestinian bid for full U.N. membership on the grounds that only a resumption of a two-decade old negotiation process can advance the cause of peace. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, said he would meet Abbas on Monday and warned that the status quo was neither acceptable nor tenable and "risks an explosion of violence." Juppe said the Palestinian bid would not pass the Security Council and that both Israel and the Palestinians must take steps to find a durable solution. "The only solution is to resume talks," he said. Some members of the Israeli government are calling for tough retaliation against a Palestinian move they say aims to isolate Israel. Some U.S. politicians have said they will try to cut American aid to the Palestinians, totaling some $500 million a year, if they refuse to back down. VETO POWER The Palestinian Authority already faces a financial crisis this year because of a shortfall in aid from Arab states. Holding Israel responsible for the failure of the peace process to date, the Palestinians say the U.N. bid will help to level the playing field with their more powerful adversary before any future negotiations. But it is destined to fail because of opposition from the United States, which has veto power in the Security Council. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he expected that outcome. "Their attempt to be accepted as a regular member of the U.N., this attempt will fail," he said during a weekly cabinet meeting. "I believe that in the end, after the smoke clears, after everything that happens in the U.N., ultimately the Palestinians will come to their senses -- that's my hope -- and will abandon these negotiations-circumventing maneuvers and will sit down at the table," he said. The last round of direct talks between Abbas and Netanyahu collapsed nearly a year ago because of a row over Israel's expansion of Jewish settlements on the land where the Palestinians aim to found an independent state. The Palestinians argue that the expansion of the settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is undermining the chances of establishing a viable state of Palestine on those lands, together with the Gaza Strip. Abbas said Western mediators, who have been trying to dissuade the Palestinians from pursuing the U.N. path, had brought nothing new during talks last week. He repeated his view that negotiations remain his "fundamental choice." "But on what foundations?" he said. Anticipating the failure of the membership application, the Palestinians have said they could go to the U.N. General Assembly to request an upgrade in their standing from their current status as an "entity" to "a non-member state." Not requiring Security Council approval, the Palestinians expect such a step to succeed due to the support they say they have from at least 126 members of the 193-member General Assembly. But Abbas said the Palestinians' only decision so far was to request full membership through the Security Council. "From now until I give the speech, we have only one choice: going to the Security Council. Afterwards, we will sit and decide," he said. (additional reporting by John Irish in New York, Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by David Stamp and Philip Barbara) World Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (16) xcanada2 wrote: The whole idea of the US supporting a religious (Jewish) based state in Israel is ridiculous on the face of it. By its very nature, it is undemocratic since it gives special rights to people of a special religion. Also, I doubt that Americans in general support such a Jewish state concept. The policy is undemocratically foisted upon us by AIPAC through the our compromised Congress, aided and abetted by the biased media. The policies that follow from our support of Israel have cost us trillions of dollars, and many thousands of American deaths. It is a sign of the corruption of our political process. Sep 18, 2011 9:43pm EDT -- Report as abuse tomloveswine wrote: The question of a homeland for the arabs goes to before WWI. It was lord rothschild who forced his people in the events. In the early 1900 millions or russian and polish jews left europe and all from a very few went to the united states. Those going to the middle east were promised financial help but they elected with their feet and moved to another location. There was no desire for a homeland for the jews in the middle east other than the rich and powerful. The average working jew saw himself sweating n a desert at poor wages and a fw rich getting much richer. BTW oil became ver important during this period of time and guess what the middle east had. Religions and lies about religion are jusually just a con man looking for a way for pick your pocket. Sep 18, 2011 9:46pm EDT -- Report as abuse Raspail wrote: As a lifetime New Yorker…….Can we finally boot this body out of here….and send it to the Islamic capital of London…..we are sick of this entire group bumping , spitting and hissing at American citizens as they act like they own our streets, double and triple park their limos everywhere……..Hey Mike Bloomberg…where is your ticket taskforce…..excuse me I forgot…Bloomberg is working on his Dubai deal, as he sucks up to Obama for Geither’s job. Sep 18, 2011 9:49pm EDT -- Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment Social Stream (What's this?) 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