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Source: theguardian.com

<p>It is the second year this administration has barred the Palestinian delegation from US travel ahead of the forum</p><p>The US state department said on Wednesday that it had again denied entry visas to Palestinian officials ahead next week’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/unitednations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">United Nations</a> general assembly gathering in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/new-york" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">New York</a>.</p><p>The state department said in a <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/09/sanctioning-officials-of-the-palestinian-authority-and-members-of-the-palestine-liberation-organization-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">statement</a> that the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) had “failed to live up to their commitments”, accusing the groups of “taking actions to internationalize the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict including through the International Criminal Court (ICC) and International Court of Justice (ICJ)” and of “glorifying terrorism” among other allegations.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/17/trump-denies-visas-palestine-un" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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