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A Palestinian refugee in Lebanon waves her national flag during a gathering outside the United Nations headquarters in Beirut on November 29, 2012 in support of Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas which is heading to the General Assembly today with huge backing for his bid for UN recognition of statehood despite strong US and Israeli opposition. Abbas will make the case for Palestine to become a UN "non-member observer state" and indicate his conditions for talks with Israel in a key speech to the 193-member assembly. AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID (Photo by Joseph EID / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)