White House sources reveal the behind-the-scenes details of the decision to prevent the Palestinian delegation from attending New York.

Arabian Sea Newspaper - Special

**Arab Sea - Follow-ups:** **American sources close to the White House revealed the reasons that prompted the administration of US President Donald Trump to prevent the Palestinian delegation from attending New York, where the United Nations General Assembly meetings are being held in September.** **The sources confirmed that one of the main reasons was that the delegation's presence would benefit Hamas and would result in scenes watched by the world, which would have repercussions against Israel regarding what is happening in Gaza, according to them.** **They pointed out the difficulty of changing the United States' adherence to its position regarding not granting entry visas to New York to Palestinian leaders, including President Mahmoud Abbas, to attend the United Nations General Assembly meetings.** **One of the sources in the White House also said that the administration of President Donald Trump is determined not to give a formal international legal formula to the process of recognizing the Palestinian state by many countries, which would benefit Hamas, which the Trump administration is determined to eliminate, according to him.** **According to the source, the Trump administration completely rejects the recognition of a Palestinian state by major countries, and believes that President Abbas will not be able to deal with this international situation, just as he has had no influence or role in recent years on the Palestinian decision internally or even in understanding the vision of the United States.** **He added that Hamas will be able to use this recognition to serve its agendas, according to the source, which threatens Israel and the peace process, as the Trump administration sees it.** **The source explained that the Trump administration believes that there is a need for a new entity representing the Palestinians to go to unconventional peace ideas away from the two-state solution, which requires entities representing the Palestinians other than the "weak Authority," as he described it, which he said there is no point in dealing with, according to the vision of President Trump and his team, and also the Hamas movement, which Trump is determined to eliminate during his term.** **The source mentioned that "the Authority does not represent all Palestinians and that Hamas is extremist and the West will never allow it to exploit any international decisions for its benefit," according to him.** **He pointed out that Trump believes that the two-state solution is a "joke" that he will not accept because it threatens Israel, and he will not allow the new recognitions to carry any international formula for the Palestinians.** **For his part, a knowledgeable American source said that one of the most prominent reasons for refusing to grant visas to the Palestinian delegation is that Abbas's presence among these countries that will recognize the State of Palestine will give a legal direction and impetus to the establishment of a Palestinian state as soon as possible, and this conference on the two-state solution will be a decisive occasion in that.** **The source stated, in statements, that one of the things Trump is most wary of regarding the Palestinian delegation's attendance is that Abbas will stand on the podium and present pictures of victims of children and the hungry in Gaza and those who died as skeletons.** **He stressed that this would be detrimental to Israel and the ongoing narratives it promotes so far, that it is facing armed groups that kill innocent people and children, and there will be an international shift in placing such accusations on Israel.** **The source indicated that Trump fears an emotional presentation by Abbas or an unexpected position that increases some international sympathy with what is happening in Gaza against Israel, especially at the American domestic level, when he sees pressure from other narratives, especially regarding the Gaza Strip.** **The source added that such positions have a great political price and an impact at the international level amid a diplomatic and media presence that will have an impact on the governments of countries that are wavering in recognizing the State of Palestine, which will have a pressure effect on the Trump administration regarding its position on taking action to stop the war in Gaza, according to him.**