Palestinians React To U.N. Bid For Statehood  Palestinians react
to their leader's bid for statehood recognition at the United
Nations. Mass rallies are planned across the West Bank. Melissa
Block talks to NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro.    In cities around
the West Bank today, huge crowds of Palestinians gathered around
large television screens to watch and cheer as Mahmoud Abbas
made his case for U.N. membership.   BLOCK: In one village,
Palestinians carried a large, blue chair - a symbol of the U.N.
seat they're demanding. Sporadic clashes with Israeli settlers
broke out, and a Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli
soldiers. We're turning now to Ramallah in the West Bank, and to
NPR's Lourdes Garcia Navarro, who's among a crowd of
Palestinians gathered to watch Mr. Abbas' speech. Lulu, what's
the scene like there?  LOURDES GARCIA: Well, I can tell you that
the scene is incredibly raucous and incredibly joyous. People
here really tell me that they felt touched by Mahmoud Abbas's
speech. They really f