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The United States has once again denied Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a visa to attend the UN General Assembly in New York. This decision follows previous denials by the Trump administration and is based on claims that Palestine has failed to meet commitments related to peace reforms, according to a statement from the State Department released on September 16. The US also cites actions by the Palestinian Authority and PLO that allegedly undermine peace efforts and internationalize the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-17,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
The Trump administration denied visas to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and other high-level Palestinian officials to attend the UN General Assembly in New York, marking the second consecutive year this has occurred. The State Department cited that these officials failed to meet their commitments towards seeking peace with Israel and engaged in activities undermining peace efforts. This includes taking disputes to international courts and pursuing state recognition without direct negotiations. Abbas was previously able to address the UN virtually due to denied entry last year, and similar restrictions were imposed on PLO members and Palestinian Authority (PA) officials as well.
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The Trump administration took the same step in 2025, forcing the Palestinian leader, a regular at the UN General Assembly, to address the body of global leadership by video.
right Implies disapproval of Palestinian leader's presence
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Washington also accused the organisations of “taking actions to internationalise the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict including through the International Criminal Court (ICC) and International Court of Justice (ICJ), seeking to bypass negotiations through seeking unilateral recognition, and continuing to pay stipends to terrorists and to glorify acts of terrorism and terrorists in public pronouncements and school textbooks”.
right Critiques Palestinian actions as undermining peace
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The move puts the United States at odds with numerous countries, including France, that recognised a Palestinian state at the United Nations in 2025.
right Highlights US opposition to Palestinian statehood
Leaning score +0.40 for article 15107 (high confidence, 3 verified quotes) · logged 2026-09-17
US again denies Palestinian leader Abbas visa to attend UN assembly
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WASHINGTON – The United States has denied Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas an entry visa to attend the UN General Assembly in New York next week, a source familiar with the case said on Sept 16.
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In a separate statement that did not mention Abbas by name, the State Department say it would deny visas to members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and officials with the Palestinian Authority (PA), “as a consequence of their failure to reform, contrary to their commitments to the United States, and their ongoing activities that undermine the prospects for peace”.
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A source familiar with the matter confirmed to AFP that the Palestinian Authority president, Abbas, was covered by the measure.
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The Trump administration took the same step in 2025, forcing the Palestinian leader, a regular at the UN General Assembly, to address the body of global leadership by video.
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In its statement on Sept 16, the State Department said that the PLO and PA had “once again, failed to live up to their commitments”.
“This includes initiating and supporting actions at international organisations that undermine and contradict prior commitments,” the department also said.
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Washington also accused the organisations of “taking actions to internationalise the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict including through the International Criminal Court (ICC) and International Court of Justice (ICJ), seeking to bypass negotiations through seeking unilateral recognition, and continuing to pay stipends to terrorists and to glorify acts of terrorism and terrorists in public pronouncements and school textbooks”.
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The move puts the United States at odds with numerous countries, including France, that recognised a Palestinian state at the United Nations in 2025.
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A total of 142 UN member states endorsed it following the conference on a two-state solution co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia.
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The decision comes as violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians has escalated in recent months in the West Bank.
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Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, and violence there has surged since the Oct 7, 2023, Hamas attack that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip.
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According to an AFP tally based on Palestinian health ministry data, Israeli soldiers or settlers have killed at least 1,109 Palestinians in the West Bank – fighters and civilians – since Oct 7, 2023, when a Hamas-led attack killed more than 1,200 people.
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The ensuing Israeli military campaign waged relentless strikes on Gaza that have killed more than 73,700 people, according to Gaza’s health ministry, which operates under Hamas authority and whose figures are considered reliable by the United Nations.
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The international community has expressed concern over the violence, but the United States has remained largely quiet on the issue, saying only that the US government opposes any annexation of Palestinian territory.
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