WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Friday that he would not issue visas to Palestinian officials to prevent them from attending the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York next month.

The visa ban applies to officials from the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization who are not based in the Palestinian mission at the U.N., the announcement said.

The State Department said Rubio was making the move to hold the two bodies “accountable for not complying with their commitments, and for undermining the prospects for peace.” The agency is demanding that they both “consistently repudiate terrorism,” including the Hamas-led attack in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and “end incitement to terrorism in education.”

The department also said the Palestini

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