This time he is asking the General Assembly for a lesser upgrade, from "observer" to "non-member observer" state, like the Vatican.
The UN General Assembly is set to upgrade the Palestinians' status to that of "non-member observer state".
Mr Netanyahu froze the transfers last year after the Palestinians gained non-member observer state status at the UN.
Non-member observer status would give the Palestinians access to bodies such as the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
The General Assembly voted by 138-9 to recognise the Palestinians as a non-member observer state, with 41 states abstaining.
Some European governments, too, are toying with the idea of raising Palestine's status at the UN from that of observer to full member.
The controversial project was revived as part of Israel's response to the UN General Assembly's decision to grant the Palestinians the status of non-member observer state.
The status was previously that of a "non-member observer entity".
Israeli plans to build in the area had been on hold for years until the Palestinians succeeded in December in having their status upgraded at the UN from an "entity" to that of a "non-member observer state".
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Israeli plans to develop the E1 area had been on hold for years until the Palestinians upgraded their status at the UN from an "entity" to that of a "non-member observer state", a move condemned by Israel and the US as a violation of peace accords.
Mr Meshaal this year strongly supported Mr Abbas's move in upgrading Palestinian status at the United Nations to that of a non-member "observer state".
Although a member of the UN observer mission reckons that loyalist forces include at least two combat brigades that have been held in reserve, apart from fixed-wing bombers and chemical weapons, activists report that much of the Sunni rank and file is in effect idle.
The resolution also called for renewing the 300-member U.N. observer mission for 45 days after it was suspended because of violence.
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The first link is between patient and observer, who can be anyone but a family member.
Vietnam was inducted last week as its seventh member, and Cambodia was granted official observer status and admitted into ARF, boosting that body to 19.
While one of the stated central objectives of the SCO is to counter regional terrorism, Iran has not only become an observer nation in the organization, but the alliance is contemplating offering Tehran full-member status despite its widely held reputation as the world's leading state sponsor of terror.
This campaign has been reflected at the United Nations, where the OIC's 56 members plus the Palestinian observer form one of the biggest and most influential lobbying blocs in the UN's 192-member General Assembly.
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