Abbas addresses UN via video after US visa denial
Palestinian Authority president spoke to General Assembly, citing dangerous times for Palestinians.
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What this story says
- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly via video message.
- Abbas stated that the Palestinian people are facing one of the most dangerous periods in their history.
- He welcomed Donald Trump's peace plan as a concept but said it had not materialized.
- Abbas spoke via prerecorded video because his visa to the United States was denied.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 4 of the 10 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
30/100
Craft
45/100
Hype
61/100
10 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly using a prerecorded video message. He informed the assembly that the Palestinian people are experiencing one of the most perilous times in their history. Abbas also stated that he welcomed President Donald Trump's peace plan as a concept, but noted that it had not yet been realised.
The reason for the video address was that Abbas had been denied a visa to enter the United States. One digest mentioned Abbas denouncing Trump's veto and claimed that violent Israeli settlers are a source of trouble for the US.
Coverage disagreements
La Razón reported that Abbas "Defends Trump’s Peace at the UN" and supports the U.S. 20-point plan while charging harshly against Israel, especially by settler violence. El Español reported that Abás asks the UN to accelerate the plan for Gaza after placing the peace board at 71,400M for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, and denounces Trump's veto, claiming that Palestinians are going through "one of the most dangerous moments" in their history, adding that violent Israeli settlers trouble the US.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated digests mention the figure of $71.4 billion for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip that El Español reported. The digests also do not include the specific quote from Abbas stating, "The Palestinian people will not perish," which was mentioned in the gazetepencere.com digest.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 24 Sept 2026, 19:00, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
2 rated outlets
We have not written our reading of the centre coverage of this story. The centre-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.
Right
4 rated outlets
- Right-rated reports focused on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's address to the UN General Assembly. These reports noted his statement that the Palestinian people are facing a dangerous period in their history. They also highlighted his comments on Donald Trump's peace plan, stating that Abbas welcomed it as a concept but that it had not materialized. The digests indicated that Abbas spoke via prerecorded video due to a denied US visa. One report mentioned Abbas denouncing Trump's veto and claiming violent Israeli settlers trouble the US.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Abbas addresses UN via video after US visa denial?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 33% are rated centre, 67% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 10. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Abbas addresses UN via video after US visa denial left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Abbas addresses UN via video after US visa denial biased?
- Abbas addresses UN via video after US visa denial is one event reported by 10 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Abbas addresses UN via video after US visa denial?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Abbas addresses UN via video after US visa denial?
- 10 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Why did Mahmoud Abbas address the UN via video message?
- Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly via a prerecorded video message because he was denied a visa to enter the United States. This prevented him from attending in person.
- What did Mahmoud Abbas say about the current situation for Palestinians?
- President Abbas stated that the Palestinian people are facing one of the most dangerous periods in their history. He conveyed this message during his address to the UN General Assembly.
- What was Mahmoud Abbas's stance on Donald Trump's peace plan?
- Mahmoud Abbas welcomed Donald Trump's peace plan as a concept. However, he also stated that the plan had not yet materialized in the region.
Read it at the source
10 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
2Right
4- Abbas Defends Trump’s Peace at the UN (opens La Razón in a new tab)
- Mahmoud Abbas says Trump's Gaza peace plan hasn't materialized (opens Washington Examiner in a new tab)
Washington Examiner — is Washington Examiner biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Abás Asks the UN to Accelerate the Plan for Gaza After Placing the Peace Board at 71,400M the Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip (opens EL ESPAÑOL in a new tab)
EL ESPAÑOL — is EL ESPAÑOL biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Mahmoud Abbas Calls for the Second Phase of the Peace Plan to Move Forward in Gaza (opens Sapo in a new tab)
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4- Mahmoud Abbas Responded to the US Regarding Visas: He Addressed the US via Video Message. (opens gazetepencere.com in a new tab)
gazetepencere.com — is gazetepencere.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- President of the Palestinian Authority Calls for the Second Phase of the Peace Plan to Move Forward in Gaza (opens Correio da Manhã in a new tab)
Correio da Manhã — is Correio da Manhã biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Mahmoud Abbas Calls for the Second Phase of the Peace Plan to Move Forward in Gaza (opens Noticias ao Minuto in a new tab)
Noticias ao Minuto — is Noticias ao Minuto biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas: “Instead of Wasting More Time, We Demand that the Implementation of the Second Phase of the Gaza Peace Agreement Be accelerated.” (opens Haberler in a new tab)
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