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Monday, September 22, 2025
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Monday, September 22, 2025
PA’s Abbas tells UN that Hamas must surrender its weapons, condemns Oct.7 massacre
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Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas speaks over a video link at a United Nations (UN) General Assembly meeting being organized by France and Saudi Arabia in support of a two-state solution between Palestine and Israel on September 22, 2025 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas calls for Hamas to surrender its weapons to his forces while condemning the group’s deadly attack on Israel in an address to a UN summit on a two-state solution.
“Hamas will have no role in governing [Gaza]. Hamas and other factions must surrender their weapons to the Palestinian Authority,” he says via video link, having been denied a visa to attend by the United States.
“We also condemn the killing and detention of civilians, including Hamas actions on October 7, 2023,” he says, referring to the hostages taken by the group.
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