Abbas condemns Israel’s ‘malicious colonial plan’ ahead of Netanyahu UN speech

Benjamin Netanyahu is set to deliver a controversial address to the United Nations on Thursday just hours after Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said his delegation was “unlawfully” denied visas by the Trump administration to attend the meeting of world leaders. Street protests have already begun in New York City as the Israeli prime minister arrives on a lightning 12-hour visit where he is expected to give a defiant speechin which he will reject criticism over Israel’s war in Gaza and the expansion of settlements in the West Bank. Allies previewing the speech suggested it would read both as an address…