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The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelming on Friday to allow Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address next week's gathering of world leaders virtually after the Trump administration declined to grant him a visa.
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz was highly critical of a new U.N. report accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, warning that those involved could face sanctions.
A constant of stream of Palestinians flee southwards as Israeli tanks reportedly push further into Gaza's biggest urban centre.
Minh-Thu Pham of Project Starling, a group that supports multilateral co-operation, says the danger is less that the UN goes rogue, but that America does. “The UN is moving forward without the US, and not in spite of the US or to spite the US ,” she says; abandonment by America means the UN will become more “independent”.
The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to allow Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address the annual gathering of world leaders next week via video after the United States said it would not give him a visa to travel to New York.
A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.'s Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
The UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Friday called on the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to refrain from further strikes and fully withdraw from Lebanese territory after Israeli strikes endangered peacekeepers and civilians overnight.
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