November 5, 2009

Abbas gives a 15-min. televised address in which he announces that he will not run for reelection in 1/10 because of the lack of progress in peace negotiations. (NYT, WP, WT 11/6)

In the West Bank, the IDF conducts late-night raids, house searches in Salfit and nr. Bethlehem, arresting 2 Palestinians. (PCHR 11/12)

The UNGA votes 114 to 18, with 44 abstentions, to endorse the Goldstone report. (NYT, WT 11/6; NYT 11/7)