Palestinian president drops bombshell on October 7 attack, sends shocking message for Hamas

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivered a fiery UNGA speech via videolink after the Trump administration denied him entry. Abbas accused Israel of waging a “genocide” in Gaza, killing over 220,000 people, mostly women and children. He blasted Netanyahu’s “settlement disease,” warned of attacks on Qatar, and condemned settler violence carried out “under Israeli army protection.” Abbas rejected Hamas’s October 7 attacks and insisted the group must surrender weapons for statehood. With calls for Palestinian independence surging, Abbas demanded international action, warning decades of unimplemented UN resolutions had emboldened Israeli occupation.