‘Stop sending weapons to Israel,’ says Palestinian leader Abbas in UN speech

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, 2024, at UN headquarters in New York. © Frank Franklin II, AP

Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday called on the world to stop providing Israel with weapons, saying it has devastated the Gaza Strip to the point where the Palestinian territory is no longer fit for living. Abbas made the plea in a speech before the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Abbas called on the international community to stop sending weapons to Israel in order to halt bloodshed in the West Bank and Gaza, singling out the United States.