Before Palestinians Act at U.N., Israeli Officials Urge Other Steps ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - September 24, 2012 - 12:00am JERUSALEM — With the Palestinians planning to make their case this week to upgrade from organizational status to nonmember status at the United Nations General Assembly, one senior Israeli minister condemned the move as “the easy and wrong way out” on Monday, while another said the time had come for Israel to consider its own unilateral move toward a separate state: annexing parts of the West Bank and withdrawing from others. » Read more

Abbas set for scaled-down bid at U.N. ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Joel Greenberg - September 24, 2012 - 12:00am RAMALLAH, West Bank — There is no fanfare this time, no campaign in support of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as he heads this week to the United Nations to ask for an upgrade of the Palestinians’ status there to a non-member state. » Read more