Michelle Kellerman

The State Department says it will reject visas for anyone using travel documents issued or endorsed by the Palestinian Authority.

There are some narrow exceptions, according to a fact sheet posted online.

Valid visas issued before 2026 will remain valid, and some Palestinian diplomats and athletes may be exempted.

Liberal Jewish organizations in the U.S.

have been urging the Trump administration to reverse a move that they say will delegitimize the Palestinian Authority and undermine diplomacy.

The U.S.

blocked the Palestinian Authority president from attending the U.N.

General Assembly last year.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

The legislation not only cuts utilities to UNRWA's headquarters in East Jerusalem, it also gives the Israeli government the right to expropriate UN properties.

UNRWA calls that a further blow to the international system and part of an ongoing effort by Israel to discredit the main agency that aids Palestinians.

Israel accused some UNRWA staffers of taking part in the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel and

The U.S.

cut funding to the agency in response.

UNRWA says that Israeli forces stormed its headquarters earlier this month and forced it to close schools in East Jerusalem, a part of the city that Palestinians want as a future capital of a future state.

They're in stage one, the shaky ceasefire and getting more aid in.

Israel has set up what it calls a yellow line, so it controls a large part of Gaza, and it does strike across that yellow line when it sees threats.

Now, the deal was that they would go to phase two once all the Israeli hostages are out.

But there is still the body of one Israeli police officer who was killed in the October 7th attack.

Hamas says the people who knew where that body was have since been killed.