Palestinian Chairman Mahmoud Abbas at United Nations Representing his Case September-2011

At the UN on Friday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appealed for recognition of an independent Palestinian state in a statesmanlike speech.

I am the one who is accused.

Hanging heavy in the air was the threat of renewed violence over frustrated Palestinian aspirations, in spite of Abbas' vow — perceived by Israeli security officials as genuine — to prevent Palestinian violence. The death on Friday of 35-year-old Issam Badram, in gunfire that erupted after rampaging Jewish settlers destroyed trees in a Palestinian grove, was the type of incident that both Palestinians and Israelis had feared would spark widespread violence.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,788154,00.html
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/palestinians-request-un-recognition-wins-abbas-respect-104100573.html
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/africa-mideast/abbas-captivates-un-with-passionate-speech/article2178799/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=Home&utm_content=2178799
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/8785481/Palestinian-statehood-Abbas-UN-speech-meets-joy-fear-and-disbelief.html

Video of speech.
http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=mahmoud%20abbas%20un%20speech&tnr=21&vid=1076063765848&l=312&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts1.mm.bing.net%2Fvideos%2Fthumbnail.aspx%3Fq%3D1076063765848%26id%3D8ed83dc4617cd140b92bf8c1b620dbff%26bid%3DeHZk6eMpB7dbeA%26bn%3DThumb%26url%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.youtube.com%252fwatch%253fv%253d7rCrU_M2ZVw&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7rCrU_M2ZVw&sigr=11ans187s&newfp=1&tit=Palestinian+President+Mahmoud+Abbas+Speech+To+United+Nations+Sept+...
video
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903791504576588760450245004.html?mod=WSJ_World_LEFTSecondNews