The United States has blocked Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and approximately 80 other Palestinian officials from attending next month's UN General Assembly session in New York by revoking their visas. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio cited their actions as undermining peace efforts and seeking "unilateral recognition of a conjectural Palestinian state."

• Israel has welcomed the US decision.
• The ban comes as France leads international efforts to recognize a State of Palestine at the session, a move opposed by the Donald Trump administration.
• The State Department stated that the decision affects members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA).