US to Revoke Visas and Deny Entry of Terrorist Leaders Ahead of UN Meeting, Suspended Nearly All Visitor Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders

The terror threat just dropped significantly.

Stop bringing in people who hate and mean to destroy our country.

Look at the bloodthirsty, anti-Semitic, Holocaust-denying dictator Mahmoud Abbas praising Palestinian terrorists. You only have to listen to him to understand how Macron could have fallen in love with him, and why the US refused to issue him a visa, along with his entire clique… pic.twitter.com/DtVeIx03PO

— Pierre Rehov (@rehoov) August 31, 2025

NEW: The U.S. has suspended visa approvals for nearly everyone who holds a “Palestinian” passport. The restrictions go beyond an earlier ban on entry by Gazans, and prevent Palestinians from entering the U.S. for medical treatment, business travel, and attending U.S. colleges. pic.twitter.com/kwPwr8g4hU

— Ben B@dejo (@BenTelAviv) September 1, 2025

The meeting of the U.N.’s General Assembly begin on Tuesday, September 9.

From the State Department: In accordance with U.S. law, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is denying and revoking visas from members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) ahead of the upcoming United Nations General Assembly.  The Trump Administration has been clear: it is in our national security interests to hold the PLO and PA accountable for not complying with their commitments, and for undermining the prospects for peace. Before the PLO and PA can be considered partners for peace, they must consistently repudiate terrorism — including the October 7 massacre — and end incitement to terrorism in education, as required by U.S. law and as promised by the PLO.  The PA must also end its attempts to bypass negotiations through international lawfare campaigns, including appeals to the ICC and ICJ, and efforts to secure the unilateral recognition of a conjectural Palestinian state.  Both steps materially contributed to Hamas’s refusal to release its hostages, and to the breakdown of the Gaza ceasefire talks (State).

The U.S. State Department’s decision to deny a visa to Mahmoud Abbas, the so-called Palestinian Authority president, sends a thunderous message: no reward for terrorism, no platform for unilateral statehood stunts at the UN General Assembly. This isn’t just a visa denial-it’s a… pic.twitter.com/MTqb0NBStJ

— Mosab Hassan Yousef (@MosabHasanYOSEF) August 29, 2025

Senator Tom Cotton: The Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization pay terrorists to kill civilians, including Americans in Israel. The terrorists who run this pay-for-slay scheme have no business setting foot in the United States (Cotton).