{"id":38923,"date":"2026-05-21T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:30:42","slug":"trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop Gen Assembly vice presidency bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration threatened to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations if the Palestinian ambassador refuses to end his candidacy for the vice presidency of the U.N. General Assembly, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters.<br \/>In a cable dated Wednesday, U.S. diplomats in its embassy in Jerusalem are instructed to deliver the message that Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. Riyad Mansour&#8217;s general assembly bid &#8220;fuels tensions&#8221;, risks to undermine Trump&#8217;s Gaza peace plan and would therefore face consequences from Washington if it went ahead.<br \/>&#8220;To be clear, we will hold the PA responsible if the Palestinian delegation does not withdraw its VPGA candidacy,&#8221; the cable, marked sensitive but unclassified, said, referring to the Palestinian Authority which exercises limited self-rule in the West Bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration threatened to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations if the Palestinian ambassador refuses to end his candidacy for the vice presidency of the U.N. General Assembly, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters.In a cable dated Wednesday, U.S. diplomats in its embassy in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop Gen Assembly vice presidency bid - Metro Plus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop Gen Assembly vice presidency bid - Metro Plus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration threatened to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations if the Palestinian ambassador refuses to end his candidacy for the vice presidency of the U.N. General Assembly, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters.In a cable dated Wednesday, U.S. diplomats in its embassy in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Metro Plus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-21T04:19:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-22T05:30:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Metro Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Metro Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/21\\\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/21\\\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Metro Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6bbe2f487494b6f04d542440127c7895\"},\"headline\":\"Trump pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop Gen Assembly vice presidency bid\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-21T04:19:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-22T05:30:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/21\\\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":151,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/21\\\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/21\\\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\\\/\",\"name\":\"Trump pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop Gen Assembly vice presidency bid - Metro Plus\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-21T04:19:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-22T05:30:42+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/21\\\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/21\\\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/21\\\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Trump pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop Gen Assembly vice presidency bid\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/\",\"name\":\"Metro Plus\",\"description\":\"Metro Plus\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Metro Plus\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/cropped-metroplus1044.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/cropped-metroplus1044.png\",\"width\":240,\"height\":169,\"caption\":\"Metro Plus\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6bbe2f487494b6f04d542440127c7895\",\"name\":\"Metro Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/406741887e2b499d9f2b2d4de7792c34f5c1bdcb01722828c2466332139b8510?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/406741887e2b499d9f2b2d4de7792c34f5c1bdcb01722828c2466332139b8510?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/406741887e2b499d9f2b2d4de7792c34f5c1bdcb01722828c2466332139b8510?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Metro Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/multimetro.hk\\\/plus\\\/author\\\/metroadmin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trump pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop Gen Assembly vice presidency bid - Metro Plus","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trump pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop Gen Assembly vice presidency bid - Metro Plus","og_description":"President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration threatened to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations if the Palestinian ambassador refuses to end his candidacy for the vice presidency of the U.N. General Assembly, according to an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters.In a cable dated Wednesday, U.S. diplomats in its embassy in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\/","og_site_name":"Metro Plus","article_published_time":"2026-05-21T04:19:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-22T05:30:42+00:00","author":"Metro Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Metro Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\/"},"author":{"name":"Metro Admin","@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#\/schema\/person\/6bbe2f487494b6f04d542440127c7895"},"headline":"Trump pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop Gen Assembly vice presidency bid","datePublished":"2026-05-21T04:19:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-22T05:30:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\/"},"wordCount":151,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\/","url":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\/","name":"Trump pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop Gen Assembly vice presidency bid - Metro Plus","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-05-21T04:19:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-22T05:30:42+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/05\/21\/trump-pressures-palestinian-un-envoy-to-drop-gen-assembly-vice-presidency-bid\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Trump pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop Gen Assembly vice presidency bid"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#website","url":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/","name":"Metro Plus","description":"Metro Plus","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#organization","name":"Metro Plus","url":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cropped-metroplus1044.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/cropped-metroplus1044.png","width":240,"height":169,"caption":"Metro Plus"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/#\/schema\/person\/6bbe2f487494b6f04d542440127c7895","name":"Metro Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/406741887e2b499d9f2b2d4de7792c34f5c1bdcb01722828c2466332139b8510?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/406741887e2b499d9f2b2d4de7792c34f5c1bdcb01722828c2466332139b8510?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/406741887e2b499d9f2b2d4de7792c34f5c1bdcb01722828c2466332139b8510?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Metro Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/author\/metroadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}