The United States is set to impose a visa ban on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and other PA and PLO officials, raising doubts over Abbas’s attendance at the UN General Assembly in September. The move comes as several countries, including France, Canada, and Australia, prepare to recognize Palestine as an independent state. The U.S. State Department said the ban aims to pressure Palestinian leaders to reject terrorism and halt unilateral efforts toward statehood, calling such actions unproductive.
The United States is preparing to impose a visa ban on Mahmoud Abbas, President of the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority (PA), which is based in the West Bank. This move has cast uncertainty over his participation in the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September.
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