Washington decides to suspend the visas of those holders of these passports

Washington has decided to suspend approvals for almost the types of visas for Palestinian passports holders, according to US officials revealed to the New York Times.
The decision is an extension of the US State Department’s announcement last Friday, that it will not issue visas for senior Palestinian officials wishing to attend the meetings of the United Nations General Assembly in September, and the visas that were previously granted. An official at the US State Department confirmed that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will prevent the entry of the United States. One of the most comprehensive measures mentioned in a telegram on August 18 sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to all American embassies and consulates, that that Many Palestinians from the West Bank are also prohibited from the chant and the Palestinians of the diaspora from entering the United States with various types of non -immigrant visas, according to 4 US officials who spoke provided that their identity is not disclosed. The new procedures affect treatment and university study visas and visas of relatives and friends and work, at least temporarily, according to the New York Times. The new restrictions include any person who holds a passport Only a Palestinian, which was issued for the first time in the nineties when Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization signed agreements to establish a semi -independent Palestinian government in parts of the West Bank.