U.S. revokes visas of Palestinian president, other officials ahead of UN General Assembly

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio canceled Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and other 80 officials before the annual senior meeting of the UN General Assembly, where next month was represented.

An official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the visa issues normally hidden, announced that on Friday, August 29, 2025, the Abbas and Palestinian authority were among the influences of other officials.

The movement comes as the last of a series of steps taken by the Trump administration to target Palestinians with visa restrictions, and the Israeli army declared the largest city of Gaza as a war zone. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also suspended a program that allowed Palestinian children to come to the United States for medical treatment after a social media screaming by some conservatives.

The department said in a statement earlier that Mr. Rubio has ordered some new visa applications from Palestinian officials, including those who are affiliated to the Palestinian Liberation Organization.

“We are in our national security interests to be responsible for not complying with the commitments of the PLO and PA and to undermine the expectations of peace,” the statement said.

In order to be accepted as a partner for peace, the groups said that they should “constantly reject terrorism and encourage terrorism in education, as the US law requires and the PLO promises”.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not specify how many visa was canceled or how many applications have been rejected, or did not give details beyond the statement.

The Palestinian authority condemned the visa withdrawal as a violation of US commitments as the host country of the United Nations, and called on to reversed the decision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In a statement, the Palestinian Presidency said in the Visa decision of the International Law and Headquarters Agreement, especially because the Palestinian province is an observation member of the United Nations ”.

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the World Organ will look for a statement from the Foreign Ministry.

“Frankly, we hope that this will be solved,” he said. “It is important that all member states can be represented by permanent observers.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that representatives appointed to the United Nations Palestinian authority mission will be waived by the UN and the US host country agreement to continue its New York -based operations.

Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyadh Mansour said on Friday, August 29, 2025 to journalists, said that Abbas plans to take the delegation to the UN meetings and is expected to address the General Assembly as he did for years.

In addition, on September 22, France and Saudi Arabia were expected to attend a high -level meeting, which required Israel to live side by side with an independent Palestine.