Rubio Confirms: Palestinian Leaders Denied Visas to Enter U.S.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Friday that the U.S. was “denying and revoking” the visas of senior Palestinian leaders who were set to have attended the opening of the United Nations General Assembly next month. The reason: the Palestinian had broken U.S. law and policy by indicating that they intended to declare a Palestinian state, without a negotiated settlement with Israel to end decades of conflict.

As Breitbart News reported in July, it was inevitable that Palestinian leaders would be barred from entry, after President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the Palestinian Authority over the statehood issue. Rubio followed through, as the State Department explaining in a statement on Friday:

The denial of visas will apply to Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas, and could disrupt the Palestinians’ plans to declare statehood, as well as the intended recognition by France, the United Kingdom, Australia, and others. (Read More)