Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations that Palestinians want a modern and democratic country as part of a two-state solution with Israel. He pledged to work with the UN to implement a Gaza peace plan endorsed by the UN earlier this month.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, reiterating calls to put a permanent end to the nearly two-year-long war in Gaza, saying Israel has been conducting a "war of genocide, destruction, starvation and displacement," and Palestinians are determined to "not leave our homeland."
"There can be no justice if Palestine is not freed," Abbas told fellow world leaders in a pre-recorded speech.
The Palestinian leader spoke by video after the Trump administration denied him and about 80 other Palestinians a U.S. visa to attend the annual UN summit in New York — a move criticized by foreign ministers.
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