The U.S. has once again blocked Palestinian officials from traveling to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, citing repeated failures to meet commitments. The State Department accused the Palestinian Authority and PLO of escalating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through international legal actions, including cases at the ICC and ICJ, as well as alleged efforts to glorify terrorism. The decision marks the second year in a row that the delegation has been denied entry under this administration. The move underscores deepening diplomatic tensions ahead of the annual UN gathering.
It is the second year this administration has barred the Palestinian delegation from US travel ahead of the forumThe US state department said on Wednesday that it had again denied entry visas to Palestinian officials ahead next week’s United Nations general assembly gathering in New York.The state department said in a statement 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. Continue reading...
