Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Plans To Go To UN For Statehood, Ignoring Obama's Request To Abandon "This Step"

The AP reports:

A spokesman for the Palestinian president says the Palestinians will proceed with asking the U.N. General Assembly to recognize a Palestinian state, despite a personal call from President Barack Obama to abandon the bid. … He said Obama “expresses his opposition to this step,” but Abbas replied he would carry on. In Washington, the White House press office said that Obama “reiterated the United States’ opposition to unilateral efforts at the United Nations.”
Obama also “reaffirmed his commitment to Middle East peace and his strong support for direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians” for a peace accord, the White House said.