# Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas says Palestinians in Gaza were being subjected to killing, destruction, starvation, attempted forced displacement, and a war of genocide, while in the West Bank, settlement expansion was accelerating. He addressed the United Nations General Assembly via a pre-recorded video after his delegation was, for the second consecutive year, denied the visas needed to travel to the US, measures he called unlawful. Abbas emphasised that the Palestinian people will not accept displacement or allow anyone to decide their future on their behalf.
President Abbas warns that the Palestinian existence is under threat