United Nations, Sep 25, 2025

Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas, riding high on rising support for statehood while also facing relentless Israeli attacks, on Thursday, denounced Hamas and offered to work with the US President Donald Trump to implement a peace plan endorsed by the UN.

Speaking through a video link after the US barred him from coming to New York for the UN General Assembly’s high-level session, he declared, “Palestine is ours. We will not leave our land. We will not leave our homeland. Our people are rooted like the olive trees.”

He said that he was ready to work with the US, France, and Saudi Arabia to implement the peace plan adopted this week by the UN General Assembly, where the number of countries recognising Palestine’s statehood rose to more than 150.

“There can be

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