US pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop General Assembly VP bid, threatens visa revocation
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Source: The Jerusalem Post
Published: 2026-05-21 13:18 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Immigration, Middle East, International Orgs, World News, US Politics
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US President Donald Trump's administration threatened to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations if the Palestinian ambassador refuses to end his candidacy for the vice presidency of the UN General Assembly, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters.
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