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<div id="divNewsDatetime">PressTV &#8211;  Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:28AM GMT</div>
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<div id="divImageDesc">Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas</div>
<div id="divLead">Acting Palestinian Authority (PA) Chief Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinians will not stop their struggle for UN membership despite threats by the United States.</div>
<p>&#8220;We will go to the UN to obtain international recognition for the state of Palestine, despite the obstacles and dangers, including US threats to halt 470 million dollars in annual assistance,&#8221; he said in an interview with Jordan&#8217;s newspaper <em>al-Rai</em> on Sunday.</p>
<p>The Palestinian Authority has declared September 20 as the date when it would apply for United Nations recognition of Palestine as an independent state.</p>
<p>The United States cannot block the UN General Assembly vote for the change of Palestine&#8217;s status in the world body from entity to state, but it can later veto the move at the Security Council.</p>
<p>&#8220;If Washington uses a veto against us, this does not mean a boycott. We have had our differences with the US in the past. Anyway, we will take a suitable decision in line with developments,&#8221; Abbas explained.</p>
<p>The PA chief also denied reports that there was any disagreement between Jordan and the PA about Palestine&#8217;s recognition in the UN.</p>
<p>More than 100 countries have so far officially recognized Palestine as a sovereign state based on the 1967 borders, the boundaries that existed before Israel captured and annexed East al-Quds (Jerusalem), the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.</p>
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