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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jason Burke

US denies visas to Palestinian Authority leaders for UN general assembly

Mahmoud Abbas at the UN podium
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, addresses the UN general assembly in 2023. Photograph: Bryan R Smith/AFP/Getty Images

The US has begun denying and revoking visas from members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) in advance of the UN general assembly meeting in September, the state department said on Friday.

Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, was included in the restrictions. Abbas had been planning to travel to New York to deliver an address to the UN general assembly.

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