State Department Cable Cites Risk to Trump's Gaza Peace Plan if Bid Proceeds. Palestinian Mission Has Not Commented; Election for Vice Presidents Set for June 2

A leaked State Department memo shows the U.S. threatened to revoke Palestinian visas if they pushed for a senior United Nations post.

The Palestinian delegation to the United Nations has dropped its bid to secure a top U.N. job after the U.S. threatens to revoke their visas.

By Humeyra PamukWASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration threatened to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations if the…

State Department Cable Cites Risk to Trump's Gaza Peace Plan if Bid Proceeds. Palestinian Mission Has Not Commented; Election for Vice Presidents Set for June 2

WASHINGTON — The United States is threatening to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations unless the Palestinian ambassador...

The US is threatening to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations unless the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, withdraws his candidacy…

A diplomatic cable revealed that the United States instructed its diplomats to threaten Palestinian officials with revoking the visas of the Palestinian UN delegation ahead of the…

"A Palestinian vice-presidency at the General Assembly would not change power realities on the ground, but it would normalize Palestinian statehood claims... That is precisely…