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Mahmoud Abbas Says Israel Wages Genocidal War, Rejects U.S. Visa Refusal at UN
Abbas says Israel wages genocidal war threatening the life and existence of Palestinians. Abbas denounces U.S. visa denial barring Palestinian delegation from attending UN General Assembly in person.
Whether the focus is existential threat or two-state/end-state viability.
7 of 9 outlets skipped it: abbas calls for governing Gaza and West Bank by one unified legal entity.
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France 24 spotlights Abbas's existential warning, while Haaretz and JPost emphasise settlement and end-state arguments over Gaza/Gaza governance details.
Visa ban, video UN address
Mahmoud Abbas delivered a prerecorded address to the United Nations General Assembly after the United States refused to grant him a visa to attend in person for the second consecutive year. Abbas told the General Assembly that “We reject these illegal punitive measures,” and he said “no one may punish the Palestinian people and its leadership for demanding an end to the occupation.”
Abbas warned that the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip are being killed, destroyed, starved, and subjected to forced displacement, and he described what is happening as a “genocidal war.” Abbas said that in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, settlement expansion and “settler terrorism” are accelerating, and he framed Israeli measures as “state terrorism rooted in racial discrimination and ethnic cleansing.”
Abbas rejects displacement
Abbas said Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem “will remain on their land and will not accept displacement,” and he warned that the threat is an existential one for Palestinians. Abbas told the General Assembly that “From this podium, we issue this warning: do not allow a new Nakba or new massacres like those of 1948.”
Abbas said the expansion of settlements is accelerating, the West Bank is fragmented, and “the violence of settlers is intensifying under the protection of the occupying forces.” Abbas argued that the danger is no longer limited to undermining the two-state solution, and he said it now threatens “the very existence of the Palestinian people on the land of their homeland, as is happening in Gaza.”
Two-state solution and UN action
Abbas urged Washington to work with the Palestinian Authority and the international community to implement a two-state solution grounded in international legitimacy, and he said the path “ensures peace for everyone rather than colonial extremism and the creation of Greater Israel and the erasure of our existence.” Abbas said the Palestinian side welcomed Donald Trump’s peace plan, but he added: “Unfortunately, we have not seen anything materialize on the ground.”
““Unfortunately, we have not seen anything materialize on the ground.””
Abbas called for giving the State of Palestine full member status in the United Nations, and he linked the request to his demand for the right of return for refugees and a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. Abbas warned against assaults on Islamic and Christian holy sites, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, saying continued attacks could lead to a wider religious conflict in the region and beyond.