Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has been allowed to address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) via video meeting after the US denied him a visa. The decision came on Friday (September 19).



Palestinian President Abbas to address UN assembly via video after US denies visa

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told a special session of the Turkish parliament on Thursday (August 15) that he would travel to Gaza, while adding, "Our life is not more worthy than the life of a child.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas vows to visit Gaza, says ‘our life is not more worthy’ than a child’s

US Joe Biden holds a joint press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after their meeting in Ramallah. Listen in

US President Joe Biden hold joint press conference with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas

US President Joe Biden met Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in the occupied West Bank on the last day of his visit to Israel. His arrival in Bethlehem comes ahead of a visit to Saudi Arabia.

US President Joe Biden meets Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas ahead of Saudi Arabia visit

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas held talks with Israel Defence Minister Benny Gantz in his first official visit to Israel since 2010. The talks took place at Gantz's home in the town of Rosh Haayin, said Israeli media.

Palestinian president Abbas makes a rare visit to Israel

Hundreds of Palestinians on Saturday protested against President Mahmud Abbas and demanded his resignation. The protest took place in West Bank. The protests were sparked by last month's death of activist.

Palestinians protest in Ramallah, demand Abbas' resignation

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to Cairo Wednesday as he presses efforts to shore up an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza.

Blinken heads to Egypt on mission to shore up Gaza truce

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas again threatened to end security coordination with Israel and the United States Tuesday, saying Israeli annexation would ruin chances for peace.

Palestinian leader Abbas threatens Israel security coordination

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Saturday announced a cut in all ties with Israel and the United States, including security cooperation. Abbas said the peace plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday was in "violation of the (autonomy) accords" launched in Oslo in 1993 by Israel and the Palestinians.

We will 'cut all ties' with Israel, US: Palestinian President Abbas

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas told the United Nations Thursday he would terminate all signed agreements with Israel if it moved forward with plans announced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex a key part of the West Bank.

All agreements off if Israel annexes territory: Palestine President Mahmud Abbas warns at United Nations

Qatar said Tuesday it had allocated $480 million in aid to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority to support education and health services and provide urgent humanitarian relief.

Qatar allocates $480 million in aid to Palestinians

The Palestinians on Monday restated their refusal to accept tax revenues collected on its behalf by Israel so long as the Jewish state deducts millions of dollars over a dispute about prisoners.

Palestinians keep up refusal of tax revenues after Israel cuts

The Palestinian Authority faces a suffocating financial crisis after deep US aid cuts and an Israeli move to withhold tax transfers, sparking fears for the stability of the West Bank.

Palestinians in financial crisis after Israel, US moves

A spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has criticized the US move to no longer refer to the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights as occupied territories in its annual human rights report.

Palestinian president slams US dropping 'occupied' in report

Hamas and Abbas's secular Fatah party have been at loggerheads since the Islamists seized control of Gaza from Abbas's forces in a near civil war in 2007.

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas plans anti-Hamas measures as split widens

Hamas on Sunday denounced Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's plan to dissolve the largely defunct Palestinian parliament that it controls, calling it a move to "serve his partisan interests".

Hamas rejects Abbas plan to dissolve Palestinian parliament

The Palestinians will no longer accept the United States as the sole mediator in the Middle East peace process, their president Mahmud Abbas said Thursday, accusing Donald Trump's "biased" administration of undermining a two-state solution.

Abbas says 'biased' US cannot be sole Mideast mediator

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas left hospital on Monday following eight days of treatment for pneumonia and pledged to return to work

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas leaves hospital

Relations between Abbas's government and Trump's administration have broken down since the White House recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital in December

Palestinian president calls US ambassador to Israel 'son of a dog'

Palestinian foreign minister will tell the EU it should take the step "as a way to respond" to US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital

President Abbas to ask EU to recognise Palestinian state

Abbas has refused any contact with US President Donald Trump's administration since Washington's recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital at the end of last year

Jerusalem row: After Netanyahu's meeting, Mahmud Abbas to also meet Putin seeking Russia's support

'The international community must fulfil its responsibilities to protect the rights of Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims and Christians in Jerusalem,' Abdullah said, according to a palace statement

Jordan king urges world to back Palestinian rights

Palestinians want the annexed eastern sector of the city as the capital of their future state and president Abbas has said Trump's stance means the US can no longer be the mediator in peace talks with Israel.

Palestinians meet to respond to Trump's 'slap of the century'

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WION evening news brief, December 22, 2017

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