The United States announced visas will be denied or revoked for members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority ahead of the United Nations General Assembly. The step aligns the administration with Israel, which rejects Palestinian statehood. The State Department said the policy is a national security move to hold the PLO and PA accountable for unmet commitments and for undermining prospects for peace. The department accused Palestinians of pursuing grievances at international courts and urged the Palestinian Authority to drop efforts for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state. Israeli officials welcomed the move while UN spokespeople stressed the importance of representation at the summit.
The United States has said it will deny visas to members of the Palestinian Authority to attend next month's UN general assembly, where France is leading a push to recognize a Palestinian state. The extraordinary step further aligns Donald Trump's administration with Israel's government, which adamantly rejects a Palestinian state and has sought to lump together the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority with Hamas in Gaza.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is denying and revoking visas from members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) ahead of the upcoming United Nations General Assembly, the state department said in a statement. The Trump administration has been clear: it is in our national security interests to hold the PLO and PA accountable for not complying with their commitments, and for undermining the prospects for peace, it said.
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