⚡️🇺🇸🇵🇸 — Palestinian Officials Condemn U.S. Decision Barring Abbas From UN General Assembly and Rejecting Reforms, — THE JERUSALEM POST.

​➡️ Senior Palestinian officials strongly condemned the United States' decision to deny Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas an entry visa to attend the UN General Assembly in New York for the second consecutive year, forcing him to address the summit remotely. A close associate of Abbas rejected the U.S. rationale, claiming the administration ignored institutional reforms undertaken by the PA and instead weaponized the visa denial over unilateral diplomatic actions, such as pursuing state recognition and engaging with the International Criminal Court.

​➡️ The U.S. State Department defended the visa sanctions by stating that the PLO and PA failed to fulfill reform commitments, citing ongoing efforts to internationalize the conflict, bypass bilateral negotiations, and maintain stipends linked to individuals classified as terrorists. In response, Abbas’s office issued a statement defending recourse to international law and global recognition as legitimate peaceful tools to protect Palestinian rights, emphasizing that these actions do not threaten the peace process as much as ongoing occupation and settlement expansion.

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