Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, demanded full membership for “the state of Palestine” in the United Nations while addressing the organization’s General Assembly on Thursday.
Abbas spoke to international heads of state by video after he and the rest of his delegation were denied visas to enter the United States by the Trump administration, reportedly for national security reasons.
According to Breitbart News, Abbas said that the Palestinian Authority has met the standards for membership in the international body because it “recognized Israel’s right to exist in 1988 and 1993.”
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