Trump Administration blocks PA President Abbas from coming to the United Nations
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
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The President of the Palestinian Authority is being prevented from coming to the United Nations:
Trump administration blocks Palestinian president from attending U.N. meeting in New York
August 30, 2025
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and approximately 80 officials will be unable to travel to the United Nations General Assembly next month after Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked their visas, a State Department official told NBC News Saturday.
The ban comes as several U.S. allies have declared they would recognize a Palestinian state at the gathering of world leaders at the U.N. headquarters in New York in response to Israel’s escalating assault in northern Gaza, which intensified Friday after the country announced it had begun the “initial stages” of its operation in the famine-gripped area.
Headed by Abbas, who has not faced an election in almost two decades, the Palestinian Authority administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It has not governed in Gaza since 2007 when the Palestinian president’s security forces were driven out by the Islamic militant group Hamas.
The Trump Administration “does not reward terrorism,” State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said Saturday, as he confirmed that Abbas, along with approximately 80 other PA officials, were among those whose U.S. visas were revoked.
He added that the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the umbrella Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), should abandon “the pursuit of unilateral recognition of statehood.”
His comments echoed a similar statement from the State Department on Friday which said the PA and the PLO “must consistently repudiate terrorism,” …
Under a 1947 U.N. “headquarters agreement,” the U.S. is generally required to allow access for foreign diplomats to the U.N. in New York. After the U.S. refused to issue a visa to PLO leader Yasser Arafat in 1988, The U.N. General Assembly held a meeting that year in Geneva instead of New York so he could address it. https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/trump-administration-blocks-palestinians-united-nations-new-york-gaza-rcna228165
Palestinian Authority urges US to reinstate Abbas’s visa ahead of key UN meetings
August 30, 2025
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s office urges the US government to reverse its unusual decision to revoke his visa, weeks before he was meant to appear at the UN’s main annual meeting and an international conference about creating a Palestinian state. …
“We call upon the American administration to reverse its decision. This decision will only increase tension and escalation,” Palestinian presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh tells The Associated Press in Ramallah. …
“We have been in contact since yesterday with Arab and foreign countries, especially those directly concerned with this issue. This effort will continue around the clock,” he says. … France and Saudi Arabia. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/palestinian-authority-urges-us-to-reinstate-abbass-visa-ahead-of-key-un-meetings/
This is another bullying tactic by the Trump Administration. Note that the Palestinian Authority is in contact with “foreign countries” (including European ones) to attempt to deal with this.
It appears that because several additional nations (including France and the UK) have stated that they would support the Palestinian statehood at the UN next month, the Trump Administration decided to stop the Palestinian Authority from being there.
President Abbas has long had issues with Donald Trump.
President Abbas, during the first Trump Administration, said he wanted European involvement in resolving the situation in that region (see Trump Administration delays revealing peace plan; PA President Abbas wants Europe to mediate peace deal).
The Palestinian Authority has not trusted the Trump Administration. The recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and the moving of the US embassy to Jerusalem brought Palestinian condemnation as well as statements against trusting the US to broker a peace deal in the first Trump Administration. Now, this blocking to attend a UN meeting is another move that will outrage the Palestinians.
This will not stop prophecies from being fulfilled.
To the contrary, it is another step to push away from the USA and more towards the Europeans for the Palestinians.
Although many in Israel claim “Jerusalem is its eternal, undivided capital” (http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/insideisrael/2013/November/Will-Jerusalem-Be-Divided-Again/), the Bible shows that Jerusalem will be divided (Zechariah 14:1-2).
The Bible also shows that the time will come when there will be a temporary ‘peace deal’ (see the article The ‘Peace Deal’ of Daniel 9:27)–this will lead to many things, including what, for a time, could be called a “two-state solution.”
The Bible teaches that a European leader will be involved in confirming the coming prophesied deal of Daniel 9:26-27, which states:
26 And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate (Daniel 9:26-27).
The “prince” is a European leader who is later called the King of the North in Daniel 11:40. The ‘one week’ has generally been understood by prophecy watchers to mean a seven year deal, that is broken in the middle of it (after 3 1/2 years). This break is also confirmed in the following scripture:
31 And forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation. (Daniel 11:31)
The “him” is the European King of the North.
Consider further something that the late Pastor General of the old Worldwide Church of God (WCG), Herbert W. Armstrong, wrote on Daniel 11:21-22:
In Daniel 11:21, referring in original, typical fulfillment to Antiochus Epiphanes, there shall stand up a vile person…So once again before the second coming of Christ, a vile leader will stop the daily sacrifices being offered…This same prophecy spoken by Jesus is also reported by Luke…21:20-24 … (Armstrong HW. Personal, Plain Truth magazine, June 1967)
{Daniel 11:22} “the prince of the covenant” does not refer to Christ. This was the attempt of Antiochus to replace the Jewish high priest by another who would be subservient to him. (Armstrong HW. The Middle East in Prophecy. Worldwide Church of God, 1972)
That is also true for “the prince … who will confirm a covenant” mentioned in Daniel 9:26b-27. Furthermore, realize that Herbert Armstrong taught a DUAL FULFILMENT from at least Daniel 11:21 on–hence he is clearly teaching that Jesus is NOT the prince of the covenant, and the one who is coming will be a conqueror who will bring abomination to Jerusalem. Yet, many once part of the old Worldwide Church of God do not understand that.
That said, one way to show Daniel is referring to a European kingdom is to realize that it was the people of the Roman Empire of the 1st century that fulfilled the portion of Daniel 9:26 as they destroyed the city (Jerusalem) in 70 A.D. Jewish sources, while not understanding all of this, also agree that it was Roman sources that destroyed the city and sanctuary as the following demonstrates:
“The people of the prince will come and destroy the city and the Sanctuary” Daniel 9:26, refers to the Roman legions of Vespasian and Titus, who destroyed Jerusalem. (Daniel 9 – A True Biblical Interpretation. Jews for Judaism. https://jewsforjudaism.org/knowledge/articles/answers/jewish-polemics/texts/daniel-9-a-true-biblical-interpretation/ accessed 07/30/16)
In the 21st century, the European Union includes much of the land and peoples that were part of the ancient Roman Empire. And it is the “prince” coming from that people that verse 27 of Daniel 9 is referring to. Thus, this prophecy tells us that a lower level European leader will somewhat officially start to rise up about 3 1/2 years before the great tribulation (and yes, according to Jesus, some “tribulation” does happen prior to the start of the Great Tribulation). Another is the fact that the “beast of the sea” of Revelation 13:1 fits with the beasts from the “great sea” of Daniel 7:2–and that sea is the Mediterranean Sea according to the Old Testament. Hence a power in Europe the only region that could have an empire geographically like the old Roman one (for more details, please see Europa, the Beast, and the Book of Revelation).
The Trump Administration is pushing the Palestinians away from the USA, and hence, more towards Europe.
With various ones wanting some part of Middle East peace deal, Europeans wanting to be involved, and Palestinians offended by the Trump Administration and wanting European involvement, we are seeing steps on the world scene that are aligning with properly understood biblical prophecies.
Some items of possibly related interest may include:
The ‘Peace Deal’ of Daniel 9:27 This prophecy could give up to 3 1/2 years advance notice of the coming Great Tribulation. Will most ignore or misunderstand its fulfillment? Here is a link to a related sermon video Daniel 9:27 and the Start of the Great Tribulation.
How Will Middle East Peace be Brought About? Can humans bring peace to the Middle East? Here is a link to a related video: Middle East Peace? When?
The Gospel of the Kingdom of God This free online pdf booklet has answers many questions people have about the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and explains why it is the solution to the issues the world is facing. Here are links to three related sermons: The World’s False Gospel, The Gospel of the Kingdom: From the New and Old Testaments, and The Kingdom of God is the Solution.
DANIEL This article contains Commentary on the Book of Daniel. Here are links to related sermon videos: Daniel 1-3: Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream, Daniel 4-5: The Handwriting on the Wall, Daniel 6-8: Four Beasts and the King of the North, Daniel 9: 70 Years & 70 Weeks Prophecies, Daniel 10-11:32: Prophecies Fulfilled in History, and Daniel 11:24-31: Events to Watch For, and Daniel 11:32-38: Philadelphian Persecution and Witness.
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