The US State Department denies visas at Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and about 80 other Palestinian officials before the annual United Nations meetings next month, according to an official. The UN General Meeting will convene in New York on September 23 for a high-level debate that would normally include a speech by Abbas. US frustration with Palestinian officials has come up, while Israel continues its military offensive in Gaza against Hamas, which was considered a terrorist group. President Donald Trump put an end to the conflict earlier this week, but remained a strong supporter of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He said on Monday there was a ‘very serious diplomatic push’ to end the war, although he did not say what it was. A wind-backed body declared a famine in Gaza for the first time since the war broke out in 2023.
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