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U.S. Revokes Visas of Palestinian Officials Ahead of UN General Assembly
(U.S. State Department) The State Department announced Friday: "In accordance with U.S. law, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is denying and revoking visas from members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) ahead of the upcoming UN General Assembly....It is in our national security interests to hold the PLO and PA accountable for not complying with their commitments, and for undermining the prospects for peace." "Before the PLO and PA can be considered partners for peace, they must consistently repudiate terrorism - including the October 7 massacre - and end incitement to terrorism in education, as required by U.S. law and as promised by the PLO. The PA must also end its attempts to bypass negotiations through international lawfare campaigns, including appeals to the ICC and ICJ, and efforts to secure the unilateral recognition of a conjectural Palestinian state."