On 2026-09-24, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN General Assembly by video that Israeli settlement expansion and policies now threaten the "very life and existence" of Palestinians, not merely the two-state solution. He pledged the first Palestinian parliamentary elections in 20 years while facing US visa denial for the second year running.
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Israeli policies now threaten “the very life and existence of the Palestinian people on their homeland”, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN General Assembly on Thursday, urging the world not to allow “another Nakba”.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly on Thursday, delivering prerecorded remarks from his office in Ramallah after the United States denied him and other top Palestinian officials visas to attend the gathering for the second year in a row. “The Palestinian people face one of the most dangerous times in its history,” Abbas said. France 24's Kethevane Gorjestani take
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly on Thursday by video after being denied a visa to the United States for the second year in a row. In his prerecorded speech, he denounced Israeli policies that he said threatened Palestinians with a new Nakba and vowed that his people would remain “on their land”.
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta Sept 24 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reaffirmed plans to hold legislative elections on November 28, the first such vote in 20 years despite serious domestic doubts it will go ahead, as he seeks to advance internationally backed reforms. Abbas, 90, used a pre-recorded video address to the UN General Assembly to condemn US restrictions on the P
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday warned that the Palestinian people were facing “one of the most dangerous phases in their history” in a speech at the United Nations recorded in advance as the Palestinian delegation was denied US visas by Washington. Addressing the UN General Assembly’s annual debate, Abbas accused Israel of waging a “genocidal war” in Gaza and “fragmenting” the occ
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said at the UN on Thursday that Israeli policies no longer just jeopardized a two-state solution but were now threatening the "very life and existence" of his people. He also slammed the United States for denying him a visa to attend the United Nations' top-level annual meeting as "punitive." He instead pre-recorded a video message that was played to the gatheri
Abbas pledges first Palestinian parliamentary vote in 20 years as doubts mount Reuters
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the 81st United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 24 that Israel's settlement expansion was intended to split the occupied West Bank, isolate East Jerusalem and prevent a geographically continuous Palestinian state. He delivered the address by prerecorded video from Ramallah after the United States denied him a visa for the second consecutive year [un.org#1
Abbas slams punitive US visa denial and Israeli ‘state terrorism’ in UN speech www.thecanary.co/global/world... Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas had to give his UN speech remotely this year due to the Donald Trump regime denying him a visa