The UN will vote on Palestine's bid for statehood at its General Assembly this September.

The following photos depict some of the major events in the run-up to this fall.

Israel mulls US offer on West Bank settlement freeze
A Protester woman holds Palestinian flag during a protest against the controversial Israeli barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah November 12, 2010. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
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A wounded protester is carried away from the Syrian-Israeli border
A wounded protester is carried away from the Syrian-Israeli border near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights June 5, 2011. Israeli troops opened fire on Sunday at Palestinian protesters in Syria who rushed towards a border fence and Syrian state television said six demonstrators were killed. Sunday marked the 44th anniversary of the 1967 Middle East war and Israel had been on alert for a repetition of last month's storming by thousands of Palestinian protesters of Israel's frontiers with Syria and Lebanon. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the war and annexed the territory in 1981, a move not recognised internationally. REUTERS
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A Palestinian man stands next to Hebrew graffiti sprayed on the wall of a mosque in West Bank village of al-Mughayyir near Ramallah June 7, 2011. Suspected Israeli settlers damaged the mosque in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday when they threw a burning tyre into it and scrawled Hebrew graffiti on its walls, an Israeli police spokesperson said. The graffiti reads "Price tag - Eley Ain". REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION) REUTERS
Pro-Palestinian activists wave Palestinian flags during the welcoming ceremony for cruise liner Mavi Marmara at the Sarayburnu port of Istanbul December 26, 2010. Nine Turkish activists died in May when Israeli commandos raided the boat, which was part of
Pro-Palestinian activists wave Palestinian flags during the welcoming ceremony for cruise liner Mavi Marmara at the Sarayburnu port of Istanbul December 26, 2010. Nine Turkish activists died in May when Israeli commandos raided the boat, which was part of a flotilla seeking to break the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip. The Hagia Sophia is seen in the background. REUTERS
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