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President Donald Trump of the United
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States, US has announced plans to meet
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one-on-one with the president of China,
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Xi Jinping at Asia-Pacific Economic
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Cooperation, APEC meeting coming this
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November in South Korea. And according
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to President Trump, he had a phone call
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with President Xi to also pay a state
1:24
visit to China early next year to
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discuss and find a possible solution to
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end Russia Ukraine war and the US issue
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with the Chineseowned social networking
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company Tik Tok that may face complete
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ban in the United States if agreement is
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not reached on December 16th, 2025. That
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aside, the United States government is
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currently being considered as a pseudo
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practitioner of free trade and free
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speech and freedom of association. Some
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observers accused US government of
1:54
monopoly in the technology industry that
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it wants to remain superior in the
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social networking business. Hence, the
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US government is demanding to own and
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control Tik Tok, trying to use all
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manners of manipulative and deceptive
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ways to force bite dance to sell Tik Tok
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to Oracle and Silver Lake among others
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because of China government alleged
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control of Tik Tok algorithm and also
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allegedly having access to the data of
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US users. Interesting as it may be, in
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the aspect of trying to apparently abuse
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freedom of association, United States
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government under President Donald Trump
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has revoked and denied visa to
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Palestinian President Mimmude Abis and
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80 other Palestinian authorities in
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order for them probably not being able
2:38
to attend the United Nations General
2:40
Assembly meeting to speak out their
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minds against Israel war in Gaza and
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other Palestinian territory. other world
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leaders on Friday in a vote of 145
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against five permitted the Palestinian
2:53
president Mimmude Abbis to address the
2:55
world assembly via video call next week.
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China as one of the biggest economies in
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the world has been on loggerhead with
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its major trade rival the United States
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since 2018 during the first tenure of
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President Donald Trump and its
3:10
loggerhead with US has probably made
3:12
China to maintain a strategic
3:14
pro-Russian position on the war in
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Ukraine publicly claiming neutrality
3:18
while allegedly providing essential
3:20
economic and diplomatic support to
3:22
Moscow. Reports indicated that Chinese
3:25
officials privately admit that a Russian
3:27
defeat would not serve Beijing's
3:29
interests which center on its
3:31
geopolitical rivalry with the United
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States. Also, China's state controlled
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media, Shinua News Agency, People's
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Daily, China Central Television, which
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include China Global Television, China
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National Radio CNR, and China Radio
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International Cree. Some of them always
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using the prominent social networking
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platform in China, the Waybo social
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media, are frequently and apparently
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always amplifying Russian talking
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points, such as blaming and accusing the
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
4:03
of expansionist agenda and the US for
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allegedly creating the conflict between
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Russia and Ukraine. on Tik Tok. As of
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September 2025, Tik Tok continues to
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operate in the US while its owner Bite
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Dance negotiates a deal with American
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buyers to avoid a ban. The social
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networking app which has since become
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one of the most used social media
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platforms in the world due to its
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favorable algorithm that challenged
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older existing social media platforms
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for low distribution of users contents
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was temporarily inaccessible in January
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2025 following a Supreme Court ruling
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but was restored after President Donald
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Trump delayed the ban. A key deadline is
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set for December 16th, 2025 for a sale
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to be finalized. According to a close
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watcher, Tik Tok's US operations be
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severed from Chinese ownership. The
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Pecurium opinion positioned the case as
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one of new technologies with
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transformative capabilities.
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In truth, the case and the law it was
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ruling on represents more than that.
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Regardless of how the implementation
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unfolds, the legal ban on Chinese
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ownership of social media apps operating
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in the United States is an inflection
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point in the US China tech rivalry with
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implications that extend beyond national
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security, data privacy, and the first
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amendment. It signals a broader US
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strategy to counter China's
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technological influence across
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industries like semiconductors,
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artificial intelligence, AI, electric
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vehicles, and 5G. We learned that a
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framework deal has been reached that
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would give American investors control of
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80% of Tik Tok with Chinese firms
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retaining 20% ownership. Proposed buyers
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include Oracle, which already hosts Tik
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Tok's US Data, and private equity firms
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like Silver Lake. It would be recalled
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that in April 2024, the US Congress
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passed a bipartisan law signed by then
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President Joe Biden that requires
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Chinese parent company Bite Dance to
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divest Tik Tok's US operations or face a
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nationwide ban. The law was prompted by
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national security concerns over
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potential Chinese government access to
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American users data and its ability to
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influence the platform's algorithm.
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Wikipedia in the summary of the China US
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trade war indicated that an economic
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conflict between China and the United
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States has been ongoing since January
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2018 when US President Donald Trump
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began imposing tariffs and other trade
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barriers on China with the aim of
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forcing it to make changes to what the
6:44
US has said a long-standing unfair trade
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practices and intellectual property
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theft. The first Trump administration
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stated that these practices may
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contribute to the US China trade deficit
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and that the Chinese government requires
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the transfer of American technology to
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China. In response to the trade
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measures, CCP general secretary Xi
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Jinpings administration accused the
7:08
Trump administration of engaging in
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nationalist protectionism and took
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retaliatory action. Following the trade
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wars escalation through 2019, the two
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sides reached a tense phase 1 agreement
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in January 2020. However, a temporary
7:24
collapse in goods trade around the globe
7:26
during the coid9 pandemic together with
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a short recession diminished the chance
7:30
of meeting the target. China failed to
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buy the $200 billion worth of additional
7:36
imports specified as part of it. By the
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end of Trump's first presidency, the
7:41
trade war was widely characterized by
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American media outlets as a failure for
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the United States. The Biden
7:48
administration kept the tariffs in place
7:50
and added additional levies on Chinese
7:52
goods such as electric vehicles and
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solar panels. In 2024, the Trump
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presidential campaign proposed a 60%
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tariff on Chinese goods. 2025 marked a
8:05
significant escalation of the conflict
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under the second Trump administration.
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A series of increasing tariffs led to
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the US imposing a 145% tariff on Chinese
8:16
goods and China imposing a 125% tariff
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on American goods in response. These
8:23
measures are forecast to cause a 0.2%
8:26
loss of global merchandise trade.
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Despite this, both countries have
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excluded certain items from their tariff
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lists and continue to try and find a
8:36
resolution to the trade war. In a
8:38
statement through his truth social media
8:40
network on Friday, President Trump said
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in quotes that I just completed a very
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productive call with President Xi of
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China. We made progress on many very
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important issues, including trade,
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fentinile, the need to bring the war
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between Russia and Ukraine to an end,
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and the approval of the Tik Tok deal. I
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also agreed with President Xi that we
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would meet at the Apex Summit in South
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Korea, that I would go to China in the
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early part of next year, and that
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President Xi would likewise come to the
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United States at an appropriate time.
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The call was a very good one. We will be
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speaking again by phone. appreciate the
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Tik Tok approval and both look forward
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to meeting at APEC. on US visa denial to
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Palestine President Mmud Abbis. It would
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be recalled that Mimmude Abbis became
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the president of Palestine in 2005. And
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barely two years into his
9:35
administration, the Hamas started
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governing the Gaza Strip after the Hamas
9:40
took over the Palestinian Gaza Strip
9:42
territory from the rival Fatra ruled
9:44
Palestinian Authority PA on the 14th of
9:47
June 2007 until the current Israel war
9:50
in Gaza that started since October 2023
9:54
during which Hamas appeared to have lost
9:56
control of most of the territory. The
9:59
administration of United States
10:01
President Donald Trump announced in
10:03
August 2025 it was denying and revoking
10:06
visas for members of the Palestine
10:08
Liberation Organization PLO and the
10:11
Palestinian Authority PA before the
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United Nations General Assembly UNGA in
10:16
September. The announcement was made in
10:19
a statement released by the US
10:21
Department of State. According to the
10:24
statement, the Trump administration has
10:26
been clear. It is in our national
10:28
security interests to hold the PLO and
10:31
PR accountable for not complying with
10:33
their commitments and for undermining
10:35
the prospects for peace. The Palestinian
10:38
government responded and the Abbis'
10:40
office called the visa decision
10:42
astonishing and a violation of the 1947
10:45
UN headquarters agreement which requires
10:48
the US to allow access for foreign
10:50
diplomats. Reuters International News
10:53
Agency on Friday reported that the
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United Nations General Assembly voted on
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Friday to allow Palestinian President
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Mmud Abbis to address the annual
11:02
gathering of world leaders next week via
11:05
video after the United States said it
11:07
would not give him a visa to travel to
11:09
New York. The resolution received 145
11:13
votes in favor and five votes against
11:16
while six countries abstained. It also
11:19
allows Abbis and any other high-level
11:21
Palestinian officials to take part in UN
11:24
meetings or conferences via video over
11:26
the next year if they are prevented from
11:28
traveling to the United States. The US
11:31
said last month that Abbis and about 80
11:33
other Palestinians would be affected by
11:36
its decision to deny and revoke visas
11:38
from members of the Umbrella Palestine
11:40
Liberation Organization and the West
11:42
Bank based Palestinian Authority. US
11:45
opposition to this resolution should
11:47
come as no surprise. US diplomat
11:50
Jonathan Shria said before the vote. The
11:53
Trump administration has been clear. We
11:56
must hold the PLO and Palestinian
11:58
Authority accountable for not complying
12:00
with their commitments under the Oslo
12:02
Accords, some of them very basic, and
12:04
for undermining the prospects for peace.
12:07
Under a 1947 UN headquarters agreement,
12:11
the US is generally required to allow
12:14
access for foreign diplomats to the UN
12:16
in New York. However, Washington has
12:19
said it can deny visas for security,
12:22
extremism, and foreign policy reasons.
12:25
Abbis will also be allowed to appear via
12:27
video at a summit opens new tab at the
12:30
United Nations on Monday convened by
12:32
France and Saudi Arabia that seeks to
12:35
rally support for a two-state solution.
12:38
Several countries are expected to
12:40
formally recognize a Palestinian state
12:42
at the meeting. The 193 member general
12:46
assembly agreed on Friday by consensus
12:49
without a vote that Saudi Crown Prince
12:52
Muhammad bin Salman, the kingdom's de
12:54
facto ruler, could appear via video at
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