Netanyahu, Saar Lobby US to Block Abbas UN Visit
How 2 Israeli newsrooms (in Russian, Hebrew) covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
First reported by Now 14 · 1 day ago
What happened
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar are lobbying the Trump administration to prevent Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas from attending the UN General Assembly in New York, seeking to restrict him to a video address. Abbas has reportedly asked Turkey for help, while Israel is also pursuing a potential summit with the U.S. president.
- 01Israel seeks to ban Mahmoud Abbas from attending UN General Assembly in New York.
- 02Netanyahu and Saar are lobbying the Trump administration for the ban.
- 03Abbas may be restricted to a video address from Ramallah.
- 04Abbas has asked Turkey's Erdogan for assistance.
- 05Israel is also pursuing a summit with President Trump.
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