Palestinians mull non-member state status at UN

PARIS (AP) — Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas warned Friday that he may seek to upgrade the Palestinian status at the United Nations to a non-member observer state if peace talks with Israel do not resume.

At a Paris news conference with French President Francois Hollande, Abbas made good on months of speculation that the Palestinians might seek to circumvent pledges by the United States, Israel’s stalwart ally, to block any Palestinian bid for full U.N. membership in the Security Council.