Palestine still far from statehood
HAIFA, ISRAEL — It's been about two months since Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, stood before the United Nations General Assembly to formally request recognition of a Palestinian state. In the weeks since his plea and the United States' firm declaration it will not support a move to create a new state, the resolution has been neither passed nor denied. And Israel and Palestine are no closer to resolving their decades-long conflict.