In addition, he demanded the right to call scores of high-level witnesses in his defence, including former American president Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Britain's prime minister, Helmut Kohl, former Chancellor of Germany, Kofi Annan, the UNGeneralSecretary, and Madeleine Albright, the former American secretary of state.
Visiting officials, including UNSecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, came to Ramallah to discuss the Gaza crisis with Mr Abbas.
Video messages from UNSecretaryGeneral Ban Ki moon, U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton will be broadcast.