Palestinian president returns triumphantly from UN
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C) waves to the crowd during a rally marking the U.N. General Assembly's upgrading of the Palestinians' status from "observer entity" to "non-member state", in the West Bank city of Ramallah December 2, 2012. Israel said on Sunday it was withholding this month's transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority, after the United Nations' de facto recognition of a Palestinian state. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)