Washington pressures Riyad Mansour to drop his bid for vice president of the UN General Assembly, US cable reveals
Washington pressures Riyad Mansour to drop his bid for vice president of the UN General Assembly, US cable reveals
Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York on 18 February 2026. (Charly Triballeu /AFP)
Published date: 21 May 2026 08:10 BST
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US pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop General Assembly race
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The US is threatening to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations unless the Palestinian ambassador…
WASHINGTON — The United States is threatening to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations unless the…
Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour is withdrawing his bid for vice president of the UN General Assembly after the US…
A diplomatic cable revealed that the United States instructed its diplomats to threaten Palestinian officials with revoking the…
A leaked State Department memo shows the U.S. threatened to revoke Palestinian visas if they pushed for a senior United Nations…
By Humeyra PamukWASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration threatened to revoke the visas of the…
