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Palestinian president to address UN as peace push gathers steam
The Freeman
|September 26, 2025
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas will address the United Nations by video on Thursday as the United States, despite its opposition to him, weighs whether to try to stop Israeli annexation of the West Bank.
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The veteran 89-year-old Palestinian Authority president will address the UN General Assembly three days after France led a special summit in which a slew of Western nations recognized a state of Palestine.
This story is from the September 26, 2025 edition of The Freeman.
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