PARIS – This September, Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, took the bold step of directly asking the United Nations to grant official recognition to the state of Palestine. The UN’s 193 member states look geared to vote on that request within the next few months.
巴黎——今年9月，巴勒斯坦权力机构主席阿巴斯迈出了大胆的一步，直接要求联合国承认巴勒斯坦的国家地位。联合国193个成员国将在未来几个月内就这一要求投票表决。现在，巴勒斯坦成为了世界的焦点。