Without talks, Palestinians to head to UN: Abbas

Without a renewal of peace talks, the Palestinians will seek UN recognition, president Mahmud Abbas said on Wednesday a day after a major speech by Israel's prime minister.
"Our first choice is negotiations, but if there is no progress before September we will go to the United Nations," Abbas said, slamming Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the US Congress on Tuesday which was devoid of any new incentive to restart peace talks.
The Palestinian leader said Netanyahu's speech only served to add obstacles on the road to peace and contained "errors and distortions."