One land, two nations

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Updated on Sept 21, 2011 09:25 pm IST

Palestinian carpenter Mustafa Masoud, 24, takes a chair symbolizing the Palestinian statehood bid from his house to be placed in front of the UN offices in Gaza city. Writing in Arabic reads "Palestine state 194", representing their hope to become the 194th member state of the UN.

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Updated on Sept 21, 2011 09:25 pm IST

Palestinian demonstrators carry a slingshot and rocks past a burning trash bin during clashes with Israeli soldiers, during a protest at the Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem.

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Updated on Sept 21, 2011 09:25 pm IST

Thousands of Palestinians attend a demonstration in support the Palestinian bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations in the West Bank city of Nablus. Palestinians are preparing to submit a formal request to become the 194th member of the United Nations when the General Assembly begins its meetings on September 20, despite US and Israeli opposition.

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Updated on Sept 21, 2011 09:25 pm IST

Israeli soldiers keep watch as Palestinian boys burn tires and throw stones close to an Israeli army checkpoint near the Jewish settlers zone of Abraham Avino in the centre of the West Bank city of Hebron.

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Updated on Sept 21, 2011 09:25 pm IST

Flags of countries that recognize the Palestinian state flutter as thousands of Palestinians attend a demonstration in support the Palestinian bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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Updated on Sept 21, 2011 09:25 pm IST

A journalist tends to a Palestinian youth wounded during clashes that erupted between Israeli troops and Palestinian stone-throwers at the Qalandiya checkpoint.

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Updated on Sept 21, 2011 09:25 pm IST

A member of Neturei Karta, a small faction of ultra-Orthodox Jews who oppose Israel's existence, waves Palestinian flags to express their support for the UN membership bid as thousands of Palestinians attend a demonstration in support the Palestinian bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations in the West Bank city of Nablus.

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Updated on Sept 21, 2011 09:25 pm IST

Members of Neturei Karta, a small faction of ultra-Orthodox Jews who oppose Israel's existence, hold placards to express their support for the Palestinian bid for statehood recognition.

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Updated on Sept 21, 2011 09:25 pm IST

Palestinians walk past murals in Gaza City. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plans on Friday to submit an application for full UN membership for the state of Palestine based in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the coastal Gaza Strip -- lands occupied by Israel in 1967.

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Updated on Sept 21, 2011 09:25 pm IST

Hundreds of Palestinians attend a demonstration in Hebron in support the Palestinian bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations.

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Updated on Sept 21, 2011 09:25 pm IST

Thousands of Palestinians attend a demonstration in support the Palestinian bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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Updated on Sept 21, 2011 09:25 pm IST

A Palestinian woman chants slogans during a demonstration in support of Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas' bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations in Gaza City.

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Updated on Sept 21, 2011 09:25 pm IST

Palestinian girls hold a banner featuring the Palestinian flag in the center and a text in Arabic: "Fatah (Palestinian National Liberation Movement) and Tubas, recognition of the Palestinian state worldwide makes the recognition of the PLO stronger and will give the right for our people to build and remain (in their land), Palestine State 194", during a rally in support of the Palestinian bid for statehood recognition in the United Nations, in the West Bank town of Tubas near Jenin.

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Updated on Sept 21, 2011 09:25 pm IST

A Palestinian boy holds a flag as he watches a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah in support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' bid for statehood recognition in the United Nations.

One land, two nations

Palestinian carpenter Mustafa Masoud, 24, takes a chair symbolizing the Palestinian statehood bid from his house to be placed in front of the UN offices in Gaza city. Writing in Arabic reads "Palestine state 194", representing their hope to become the 194th member state of the UN.

Palestinian demonstrators carry a slingshot and rocks past a burning trash bin during clashes with Israeli soldiers, during a protest at the Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem.

Israeli soldiers keep watch as Palestinian boys burn tires and throw stones close to an Israeli army checkpoint near the Jewish settlers zone of Abraham Avino in the centre of the West Bank city of Hebron.

Flags of countries that recognize the Palestinian state flutter as thousands of Palestinians attend a demonstration in support the Palestinian bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

A journalist tends to a Palestinian youth wounded during clashes that erupted between Israeli troops and Palestinian stone-throwers at the Qalandiya checkpoint.

Members of Neturei Karta, a small faction of ultra-Orthodox Jews who oppose Israel's existence, hold placards to express their support for the Palestinian bid for statehood recognition.

Palestinians walk past murals in Gaza City. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plans on Friday to submit an application for full UN membership for the state of Palestine based in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the coastal Gaza Strip -- lands occupied by Israel in 1967.

Hundreds of Palestinians attend a demonstration in Hebron in support the Palestinian bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations.

Thousands of Palestinians attend a demonstration in support the Palestinian bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

A Palestinian woman chants slogans during a demonstration in support of Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas' bid for statehood recognition at the United Nations in Gaza City.

A Palestinian boy holds a flag as he watches a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah in support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' bid for statehood recognition in the United Nations.

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