Trump Administration Plans to Bar Abbas From September U.N. General Assembly

American officials said the Trump administration plans, for a second consecutive year, to prevent Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas from traveling to New York to address September’s U.N. General Assembly. Palestinian officials are pressing Washington to admit Abbas and his delegation, according to separate Hebrew reports. Abbas asked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to intervene with President Donald Trump, and Erdogan spoke with Trump during the week. The administration does not intend to reverse its position, the officials said; the U.S. government has not issued a public statement confirming the reported decision.