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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has addressed the General Assembly for many years and generally leads the Palestinian delegation. File | Photo Credit: AP Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ office on Saturday (August 30, 2025) urged the U.S. Government to reverse its decision to revoke his visa, weeks before he was meant to appear at the U.N.’s…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. File | Photo Credit: AP Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly, where the Palestinians previously have been represented. A State Department official, who spoke on condition of…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. File | Photo Credit: AP Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly, where the Palestinians previously have been represented. A State Department official, who spoke on condition of…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, U.S., on September 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The head of the Palestinian Authority denounced Israel and its offensive in the Gaza Strip in front of world leaders Thursday (September 26, 2024), appealing to other nations…
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Facing a swirl of conflicts and crises across the fragmented world, leaders attending this week’s annual United Nations gathering are being challenged: Work together — not only on front-burner issues but on modernising the international institutions born after World War II so that they can tackle the threats and problems of the future. United Nations…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an Indian community event, in New York, USA, Sunday (September 22, 2024) | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Modi held separate talks with world leaders including his Nepalese counterpart K.P. Sharma Oli, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, discussing various facets of bilateral ties and reaffirming India’s support for the Palestinian…
India has long weighed for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New York on Sunday. The Prime Minister expressed “deep concern” at the humanitarian situation in Gaza and reaffirmed India’s continued support…
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In the Security Council vote on April 18, the Palestinians got much more support for full U.N. membership. The vote was 12 in favor, the United Kingdom and Switzerland abstaining. | Photo Credit: AP The U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) is expected to vote on May 10 on a resolution that would grant new “rights and…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appoints Mohammad Mustafa as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank March 14, 2024 in this handout image. Credit: Palestinian president office/Handout via REUTERS | Photo Credit: VIA REUTERS Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed his longtime economic adviser to be the next prime…
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh. | Photo Credit: Reuters Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh says his government is resigning, in a move that could open the door to U.S.-backed reforms in the Palestinian Authority. President Mahmoud Abbas must still decide whether he accepts Mr. Shtayyeh’s and his government’s resignation, tendered on February 26. But the…