New YorkIran’s delegation got US visas the same week.
The US bars only the Palestinian president from addressing the UN in person.
A 1947 treaty bars Washington from blocking UN member transit, but it cites a standing “national security” exception.
Abbas addresses the Assembly by video September 24, the day Netanyahu takes the podium in person.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 350+ reports worldwide
- RT leans critical
- contrasts US ban on Abbas against simultaneous US-Hamas engagement and minimal Israeli leader restrictions, highlighting perceived double standard
- Al Jazeera Online
- frames UNGA's prerecorded-address workaround as defeating US silencing and validating Palestinian diplomatic participation efforts
- The Indian Express
Sources: RT, Al Jazeera Online, The Indian Express