Overview

• Speaking by videoconference after a U.S. visa denial, Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly under a 145–5 member state authorization.
• He alleged Israel is committing genocide and crimes against humanity in Gaza, citing more than 220,000 Palestinians killed or injured.
• He condemned Hamas’s October 7 attack and said Hamas and other factions must surrender weapons to the Palestinian Authority and have no role in governing Gaza.
• He outlined internal reforms including elections within a year after the conflict, a provisional constitution, and unified security forces under one legal system.
• He urged action against West Bank settlement expansion, highlighted the E1 plan and what he called a “Great Israel” agenda, thanked countries recognizing Palestine, and appealed for aid access and reconstruction.