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State Department Extends Visa Ban, Blocks Abbas From UN

By Drooid · Sep 17, 2026, 6:28 AM UTC · How we work

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U.S. State Department extends visa bans, blocking Palestinian Mahmoud Abbas from the UN Assembly.
This is the second year Abbas is denied a U.S. visa.
State Department says PA and PLO failed to repudiate terrorism and internationalized conflict via ICC and ICJ.
Palestinian officials and UN experts say bans breach U.S. obligations to UN invitees.
No Israeli officials face U.S. bans despite an ICC warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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U.S. State Department extends visa bans, blocking Palestinian Mahmoud Abbas from the UN Assembly.
This is the second year Abbas is denied a U.S. visa.
State Department says PA and PLO failed to repudiate terrorism and internationalized conflict via ICC and ICJ.
Palestinian officials and UN experts say bans breach U.S. obligations to UN invitees.
No Israeli officials face U.S. bans despite an ICC warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.