Mahmoud Abbas warns UN of threat to Palestinian existence

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly via pre-recorded video after being denied a visa by the United States. Abbas stated that Israeli policies are threatening the very existence and life of Palestinians in their homeland, moving beyond the mere obstruction of a two-state solution.

Abbas accused Israel of conducting a ‘war of genocide’ in Gaza and protecting settler terrorism in the West Bank. He warned against a ‘new Nakba,’ referring to the mass displacement of Palestinians in 1948, and criticized the acceleration of settlement expansion and the fragmentation of the West Bank.