After the Trump administration announced on Friday that it would deny and revoke U.S. visas to members of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization, Canada urged Israel and Palestinian representatives to engage in dialogue. Prior to the United Nations General Assembly next month, Canada and a number of other nations have stated that they intend to officially recognize a Palestinian state. The U.S. The United States’ decision was based on the groups’ efforts to gain UN statehood recognition and their appeals to the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice to investigate alleged Israeli crimes in Gaza. Marco Rubio, State Secretary. “Both steps materially contributed to Hamas’s refusal to release its hostages, and to the breakdown of the Gaza ceasefire talks,” the department said in a statement.“ The Trump Administration has made it abundantly clear that “holding the PLO and PA accountable for not upholding their commitments and undermining the prospects for peace is in our national security interests.” Although the Associated Press and Reuters reported that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who was scheduled to travel to New York for the UN gathering, is among the individuals targeted, the statement did not name the officials denied entry. Both outlets cited a U.S. State Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity.The Palestinians’ ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, told reporters at the UN headquarters shortly after the decision was announced that they were checking exactly what the U.S. move means “and how it applies to any of our delegation, and we will respond accordingly.”
Canada calls for dialogue after U.S. scraps Palestinian officials’ visas
