The U.S. says it won't allow Mahmoud Abbas entry to the country, where he was set to attend a gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York City, prompting a spokesperson for the Palestinian president to call for the decision to be reversed.

Representatives for Canada and several other countries have said they're prepared to recognize Palestinian statehood when they attend the UN General Assembly, which is set to open Sept. 9 , ahead of the second anniversary of Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war with Israel in Gaza.

A U.S. State Department official said Abbas and about 80 other Palestinians would be affected by the decision to deny and revoke visas from members of the umbrella Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the West Bank-based Palestinian Aut

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