Overview

• The Assembly voted 145–5 to grant an exceptional videoconference participation for Palestinian representatives, a response to U.S. revocations of visas that other members said contravened host‑country obligations.
• Opponents included the United States, Israel, Paraguay, Nauru and Palau, while several countries that often align with them abstained or were absent.
• The decision enables President Mahmoud Abbas to speak by video to the General Assembly next week and to a high‑level meeting focused on a two‑state framework.
• The Élysée says France will formally recognize the State of Palestine on Sept. 22 alongside about nine other countries; reported participants include the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Portugal, Malta, Luxembourg, Andorra and San Marino.
• Israel opposes the recognitions and has threatened steps such as West Bank annexation, the United States recently vetoed a UN Security Council ceasefire resolution, and the Gaza humanitarian crisis and a UN inquiry’s genocide finding—rejected by Israel and the U.S.—are driving the diplomatic push.