(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The majority of the respondents to a Press TV poll believe the bid by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to seek statehood for Palestine at the United Nations will be vetoed by the United States.
According to the survey conducted on 10,787 people, 47 percent of participants said the PA's bid will gain the majority of the votes at the UN but will be vetoed by the US.
A total of 24 percent of the respondents believe the US and Israel would prevent the bid from being presented at the UN General Assembly in September.
Around 13 percent of the participants said the bid would fail to garner enough votes due to pressure mounted by Washington and Tel Aviv.
Nearly 16 percent, however, maintained the bid would result in the recognition of a Palestinian state.
Earlier, the PA declared September 20 as the date when it would apply for the United Nations' recognition of Palestine as an independent state.
The plan, however, has been opposed by the United States, Israel and some of their Western allies. Washington has promised to veto any vote for the recognition.
More than 100 countries have so far officially recognized Palestine as a sovereign state based on the 1967 borders, the boundaries that existed before Israel captured and annexed East al-Quds (Jerusalem), the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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