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

<p>General assembly session about two-state solution for Palestine and Israel due to start in New York on Tuesday </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/08/middle-east-crisis-live-jerusalem-shooting-israel-threatens-gaza-city-powerful-hurricane-latest-news">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The US’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/29/us-denies-palestinian-authority-visa-general-assembly">refusal to grant visas</a> to the Palestinian delegation to the UN general assembly has led to calls for a one-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.</p><p>Donald 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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/08/us-visa-refusal-for-palestinian-delegation-prompts-calls-to-move-un-meeting-to-geneva">Continue reading...</a>