Overview

• Washington revoked visas for Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian officials, blocking their travel to New York for UN events this month.
• The State Department said the decision reflects the PA and PLO’s failure to repudiate extremism and their push for unilateral state recognition.
• Erdogan called the move incompatible with the UN’s purpose and said the decision should be urgently revised.
• Turkey is urging a coordinated UN effort for Palestine’s full membership while saying members should consider suspending Israel from General Assembly work.
• Ankara, which halted all trade with Israel and accuses it of genocide, is intensifying diplomatic pressure as Israel rejects the genocide allegation and defends its campaign as self‑defence.