US visa refusal for Palestinian delegation prompts calls to move UN meeting to Geneva

General assembly session about two-state solution for Palestine and Israel will start in New York on TuesdayMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US’s refusal to grant visas to the Palestinian delegation to the UN general assembly has led to calls for aone-day conference on a two-state solution for Palestine and Israel to be moved from the UN’s headquarters in New York to its other main site in Geneva.Trump’s White House has already refused to grant a visa to the Palestinian Authority (PA) president, Mahmoud Abbas, and 80 other Palestinian officials for the general assembly session, which begins on Tuesday. There is now speculation that, citing anti-terrorist laws, he will also ban diplomats from Iran, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Brazil. Continue reading...

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