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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas received a warm and extended round of applause from world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly during a speech in which he slammed Israel's "genocide" in Gaza, insisted his party is ready to take over security and governance of the Gaza Strip — and appealed to President Donald Trump for peace.

And after a number of European states recognized a Palestinian state over the past week, Abbas demanded "full membership in the United Nations."

"It should be noted that we have already recognized Israel's right to exist in 1988 and in 1993," Abbas said Thursday in a virtual address. "And we still recognize this right."

The PA leader addressed the U.N. General Assembly virtual

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