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The Rest of the World Report | May 21, 2026 — Evening Edition
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THE VISA THREAT
On Tuesday, the US State Department sent a cable to its embassy in Jerusalem. The cable, marked sensitive but unclassified, instructed American diplomats to pressure Palestinian officials to withdraw their ambassador’s candidacy for vice president of the UN General Assembly, or face the revocation of the entire Palestinian delegation’s visas to the United States.
The cable, dated May 19 and obtained by NPR, says Palestinian Ambassador Riyad Mansour “has a history of accusing Israel…
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