Mahmoud Abbas asks U.N. for timetable for Israeli withdrawal

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas delivered a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, calling for an end to the Israeli occupation and advocating for the U.N. to establish a timeline for Israel's withdrawal.

A visibly enraged Abbas accused Israel of inflicting a "new war of genocide" in the recent Israeli-Hamas conflict.

He also said that negotiations with Israel at this point would be "naive at best" without setting a deadline for withdrawal.

"There is no value in negotiations which are not linked to a firm timetable."

Abbas did not, however, offer specifics regarding a time frame for the desired withdrawal.

An official who works in the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decried Abbas' remarks as inflammatory and inaccurate.