Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that "Israel is deliberately seeking to destroy the two-state solution" and "there is no longer an Israeli partner to talk to,” during his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Friday.

"They enact racist laws that practice a system of racial destruction, apartheid, and even if they don't like it, yes, it is apartheid, they are a system of apartheid,” added Abbas

He also said that Israel is violating international laws and that the United Nations is protecting it from punishment.