#Palestinian President #Abbas has begun his speech.
Abbas calls #Israel's actions a #WarCrime
"What Israel is carrying out is not merely an aggression, it is a war crime & a #CrimeAgainstHumanity that is both documented & monitored, & it will be recorded in history books & the pages of international conscious as one of the most horrific chapters of #humanitarian tragedy in the 20th & 21st centuries," Abbas said, according to a translation provided by the #UN.