{
  "id": 7912455,
  "title": "State Department confirms: Abbas denied a visa ahead of UN General Assembly",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/state-department-confirms-abbas-denied-a-visa-ahead-of-un-general",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T00:40:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
    "slug": "arutz-sheva-israel-national-news",
    "url": "https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/693660"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The United States has denied Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas an entry visa to attend the UN General Assembly in New York. According to the State Department, this decision was made due to the Palestinian Authority's alleged failure to reform, as stated in a separate announcement.\n\nThis is the second consecutive year that Abbas has been denied a visa. A Palestinian official told The Times of Israel that the State Department's notice on the rejection of his request for a visa cited an alleged association with a terror group, but further details were not provided.\n\nAs a result, Abbas will again have to address the UN virtually. The US had previously denied him a visa last year.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}