FILE - This is a Wednesday Feb. 4, 2009 file photo of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as he delivers his speech, seeking aid and backing to get peace talks and reconstruction back on track, at the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, eastern France. Frustrated by deadlock in the Middle East peace process and what they view as Israel’s intransigence, a growing number of European leaders and lawmakers are calling for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state. Members of the European Parliament on Wednesday Nov. 26, 2014 began debating whether they can agree on a common approach for the European Union’s 28 member states. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz, File)