Overview

• Coordinated announcements during U.N. General Assembly week expanded recognition, with the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Portugal acting Sunday and France recognizing during a France–Saudi summit aimed at reviving a two-state process.
• In his U.N. address, Trump said recognizing Palestinian statehood would reward Hamas, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz dismissed the effort as a vanity project and a performance.
• Despite sharp public criticism, senior officials in London and Ottawa said they faced scant private pressure and no concrete punitive steps from the Trump administration, POLITICO reported.
• The United States revoked visas for top Palestinian officials, saying Palestinian Authority and PLO members violated U.S. law by allegedly maintaining ties to terrorist groups.
• Israel condemned the recognitions and threatened retaliatory measures, including potential West Bank annexation, as some Israeli and U.S. figures argued the moves have not changed conditions on the ground.