Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is planned to tackle the United Nations General Meeting on Thursday by video after the US withdrew its visa last month.
Last week, the UN voted in a 145-5 votes to allow Abbas to speak during the major international event, after the US accused Palestinian leadership of the undermining of peace efforts and access for about 80 Palestinians.
It is unclear how Abbas’s address will differ from the person he gave on Monday at an event that was co-organized by France and Saudi Arabia, in which the Palestinian leader called to immediately transfer all the weapons to the PA.
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“Hamas will not play a role in the board, and, together with other factions, it must hand over its weapons to the Palestinian authority, because we want one united state, without weapons outside the law, under one legal system, and with one legitimate safety power,” he said.
“We confirm our conviction of the crimes of the occupation, because we also condemn the murder and abduction of citizens, including what Hamas committed on October 7, 2023,” Abbas added.
De Pa, founded in 1994 after the Oslo, provided peace agreement with Israel but largely sidelined after 2005, is still active on the West Bank.
The Government Authority has long been clashing with Hamas, who took the facto power in the Gaza Strip in 2007 after a violent power struggle.
But the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said last month that the PA “must reject consistent terrorism – including the massacre of October 7” before “it can be considered as partners for peace.”
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The PA has not played an important role in Stakten -furen, although Abbas thanked the US, Qatar and Egypt on Monday for their mediating efforts with Israel.
Abbas argued that the PA is “the only legitimate authority that is qualified to take full responsibility for governance and safety in Gaza, through a temporary administrative committee related to the Palestinian government on the West Bank, with Arab and international support.”
The Palestinian president said that his government pursued an “extensive reform agenda” that “will strengthen the board, transparency and the rule of law for Gaza.
He said that the plan that is drawn up, the reforming of financial institutions, school curricula in accordance with UNESCO standards includes a social welfare program and has presidential and parliamentary elections within one year after the end of the war.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in 10 Downing Street in London on September 8, 2025. (Tolga Akmen/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty images)
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The Trump government has repeatedly made it clear that it does not support the actions of other Western countries that this week said they will now recognize a ‘state of Palestine’.
