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Guterres ‘deeply regrets’ US decision to bar Abbas from UN General Assembly
Arutz Sheva ^

Posted on 09/19/2026 11:40:13 AM PDT by Eleutheria5

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday criticized the US decision to deny Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas a visa for the second year in a row, preventing him from attending next week's UN General Assembly in person.

Guterres “deeply regrets" Washington's decision, his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. “The Secretary-General is concerned about the impact of this decision on the ability of the State of Palestine to participate fully in the work of the United Nations," Dujarric said in a statement.

The State Department announced Wednesday that visa sanctions against Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) members and PA officials would be extended, meaning Abbas will again be unable to attend the General Assembly in person.

Washington said the decision was based on the PA's failure to fulfill commitments it had made to the United States. The administration cited US laws prohibiting the PA from using international organizations to target Israel, seeking unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, paying stipends to terrorists and glorifying violence.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; Political Humor/Cartoons; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: abbasbar; deeplyregrets; guterres; unga; unitednations

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Guterres deeply regrets his agenda being stymied.
1 posted on 09/19/2026 11:40:13 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

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STFU, Guterres.


2 posted on 09/19/2026 11:44:49 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Everything and anything is a weapon, especially your mind.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Palestine is NOT a member of the UN.

So what’s his problem?


3 posted on 09/19/2026 11:45:19 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

Chip in his brain, programming him to deeply regret stuff and demand money?


4 posted on 09/19/2026 11:46:24 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Everything and anything is a weapon, especially your mind.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Tear down the UN building and hold UN meetings in some other country.

Then invite all the terrorist leaders you want.


5 posted on 09/19/2026 11:47:10 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Eleutheria5

Simple solution. Move the UN elsewhere.


6 posted on 09/19/2026 11:47:30 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: Eleutheria5

Deeply regret this, b*tch.


7 posted on 09/19/2026 11:50:43 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Eleutheria5

Don’t worry, UNRWA will hold Abbas’s hand.


8 posted on 09/19/2026 11:51:32 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: Responsibility2nd

Zimbabwe is in early spring this time of year.


9 posted on 09/19/2026 12:01:26 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Everything and anything is a weapon, especially your mind.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Bar Abbas?


10 posted on 09/19/2026 12:09:57 PM PDT by dangus
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Tear down the UN building and hold UN meetings in some other country.”

What a waste. Don’t tear it down. Make it into a homeless shelter.


11 posted on 09/19/2026 12:10:55 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Everything and anything is a weapon, especially your mind.)
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To: dangus

Everyone loves Barabbas..


12 posted on 09/19/2026 12:11:33 PM PDT by samiam5
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To: dangus

Abu Abbas Bar Abbas al-Abbasi?


13 posted on 09/19/2026 12:11:34 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Everything and anything is a weapon, especially your mind.)
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To: ryderann

The Hamas embedded UNRWA murderers from October 7th should all be tracked down and held accountable for their evil.

Guterres only ‘deeply regrets’ unlimited USAID dollars no longer free flowing to Americas enemies via corrupt NGO schemes.


14 posted on 09/19/2026 12:12:36 PM PDT by captmar-vell
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To: samiam5

The Abbas post-revolution bar in downtown Tehran, Mahyar Tousi proprietor.


15 posted on 09/19/2026 12:13:51 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Everything and anything is a weapon, especially your mind.)
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To: Eleutheria5

So, take your UN and go home.


16 posted on 09/19/2026 12:16:14 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
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To: Eleutheria5

It already is...


17 posted on 09/19/2026 12:17:24 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (There is no gravity. The earth just sucks. )
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To: Eleutheria5

We need to send the entire unitednazis out of USA, not just bar this one pathetic old mass-murdering Fakestinian


18 posted on 09/19/2026 12:18:50 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: captmar-vell

“The Hamas embedded UNRWA murderers from October 7th should all be tracked down and held accountable for their evil.”

Yes. No doubt the Mossad is on it.


19 posted on 09/19/2026 12:23:12 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: Eleutheria5

Palestine doesn’t exist.


20 posted on 09/19/2026 12:23:33 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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