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Ynet quotes Abbas on "genocide" and "settler terror"; the Jerusalem Post writes "he claims"

Mahmoud Abbas spoke to the UN General Assembly by video after the United States refused him entry. Three outlets treated his speech and Netanyahu's in three different ways. Only one report hedges a speaker, and the speaker it hedges is Abbas.

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Planned protests for Netanyahu's UN speech, Ambassador Leiter's son remains in serious condition as published by The Jerusalem Post · seen at The Jerusalem Post
Geopolitics & international affairs Palestine Israel United States

Abbas spoke by video. Both outlets that say why name the US. The Jerusalem Post and Ynet say the United States refused entry. They differ on who was refused. The Jerusalem Post says the "Palestinian delegation". Ynet says Abbas's own visa was rejected "again".

One day, three treatments.

Outlet Abbas Netanyahu
Ynet Quotes "the war of genocide created a disaster" and "settler terror", both as his words Says only that he speaks tonight
The Jerusalem Post "Extremist settler violence", unhedged; the E1 plan, "which he claims" would split the West Bank A headline on planned protests; we hold no text
The New York Times Named in the headline only A "combative" speech, in the paper's own voice

The standard differs by speaker. Two readings, each taken separately and without the outlets' names, found the same thing. One report puts "he claims" before Abbas on E1. One report calls Netanyahu's speech "combative" and names no place or figure. No report we hold hedges a claim by Netanyahu.

What is not settled - The walkout. Only the New York Times reports it: "dozens of delegates". It gives no number and no countries. - Abbas's call on Trump to lift sanctions against him and return to two-state talks. Only Ynet carries it. - Three of the four reports are a headline or a single paragraph. We hold the full text of neither speech.

This story is about the Palestinian president addressing the world's main diplomatic forum from a screen, because the country that hosts it would not let him in.

How it got here. Israel has occupied the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza since the 1967 war. Mahmoud Abbas has led the Palestinian Authority since 2005. The Authority governs parts of the West Bank. Palestine has been a non-member observer state at the United Nations since 2012. The war in Gaza began after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel of 7 October 2023. Violence in the West Bank has risen alongside it.

The UN's headquarters is in New York. Under its 1947 agreement with the UN, the United States is generally expected to admit delegates to the building. In 2025 the US refused visas to Abbas and other Palestinian officials. The General Assembly then voted to let him speak by video. Ynet reports that his visa was refused again this year.

The actors. Abbas speaks for the Palestinian Authority and the PLO. Benjamin Netanyahu is Israel's prime minister, and his government runs the war in Gaza. The US is Israel's main ally and the host state. E1 is a stretch of land between East Jerusalem and the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim. Israel approved building there in 2025. Its critics, Abbas among them, say it would cut the West Bank in two.

What is at stake. Every September, the opening week of the General Assembly is where leaders make their case to every other government at once. A leader who cannot enter the hall makes that case from a distance.

Where it stands. Both men spoke on 24 September. We hold four reports, all from Israeli and US outlets. We hold no account of the day from a Palestinian or Arabic-language outlet.

What is being argued about

  • Who the US refused: Abbas himself, or the whole Palestinian delegation
  • Abbas's words, quoted or paraphrased: "settler terror" against "extremist settler violence"
  • One hedge on Abbas's E1 claim; Netanyahu's speech called "combative" without one
  • A walkout that only one outlet reports, and without a number
Three outlets, two speakers, one hedgeSide by side
OutletWho was refusedHow Abbas is renderedHow Netanyahu is renderedHedged?
YnetAbbas's own visa, "again"Quoted: "settler terror", "the war of genocide created a disaster"Only that he speaks tonightNo
The Jerusalem Post"the Palestinian delegation"Paraphrased: "extremist settler violence"; E1 plan "which he claims" would split the West BankHeadline on planned protests; no text heldYes, Abbas on E1
The New York TimesNot statedNamed in the headline only"a combative speech" that "defended Israeli military action"No
Quotes are from the reports. Ynet's Hebrew is given in English.
Sources Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent אבו מאזן שוב נואם מרחוק באו"ם: "מלחמת רצח העם יצרה אסון" | ישיר Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent WATCH: Mahmoud Abbas addresses UNGA via video after US denied entry to Palestinian delegation Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent U.N. Live Updates: Abbas and Netanyahu Offer Dueling Speeches Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3862 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Planned protests for Netanyahu's UN speech, Ambassador Leiter's son remains in serious condition Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
How the day was filedTimeline
  1. 2026-09-2414:15 UTC The New York Times, published time of a live page whose text may have been added later The New York Times Abbas and Netanyahu "offer dueling speeches"; dozens of delegates leave as Netanyahu takes the podium "dozens" of delegatesThe only report of a walkout
  2. 2026-09-2414:20 UTC Ynet, published time Ynet Abbas speaks by video after his visa is refused again; Netanyahu to speak in the eveningQuotes "settler terror"
  3. 2026-09-2414:58 UTC The Jerusalem Post, published time The Jerusalem Post Protests planned for Netanyahu's speechHeadline only
  4. 2026-09-2417:20 UTC The Jerusalem Post, published time The Jerusalem Post Abbas addresses the Assembly by video after the US denies entry to the Palestinian delegationHedges his E1 claim: "which he claims"
Times are as the outlets published them.
Sources The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent U.N. Live Updates: Abbas and Netanyahu Offer Dueling Speeches Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3862 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent אבו מאזן שוב נואם מרחוק באו"ם: "מלחמת רצח העם יצרה אסון" | ישיר Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Planned protests for Netanyahu's UN speech, Ambassador Leiter's son remains in serious condition Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent WATCH: Mahmoud Abbas addresses UNGA via video after US denied entry to Palestinian delegation Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

One speaker hedged, one described

One report hedges Abbas's claim about E1 with 'which he claims'. Another sums up Netanyahu's speech in its own words as 'combative'. The standard for each speaker is different. Two reports name the US as the party that refused the visa.

1 reports hedging Abbas's claim 1 reports describing Netanyahu's speech in their own words 2 reports naming the US as refusing the visa 1 reports with a headline and no text
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent WATCH: Mahmoud Abbas addresses UNGA via video after US denied entry to Palestinian delegation Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent אבו מאזן שוב נואם מרחוק באו"ם: "מלחמת רצח העם יצרה אסון" | ישיר Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent U.N. Live Updates: Abbas and Netanyahu Offer Dueling Speeches Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3862 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Planned protests for Netanyahu's UN speech, Ambassador Leiter's son remains in serious condition Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

No claims registered.

Who wrote it

J Jerusalem Post Podcasts The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Framing in the question the measure is offered as either an economic threat or election theatre; a third reading is not put×1
How the measures are sized dismissed in a quoted phrase, with motive assigned to the governments acting×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed2 unverified
From 22 reports we hold under this byline, at The Jerusalem Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
א איתמר אייכנר Ynet
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted vs attributed intent to crash stated flat while the sender question is hedged×1
Blame shift carried Leads with Netanyahu turning the blame on the former Shin Bet chief. Eisenkot's counter-charge sits beside it.×1
Both sides quoted Netanyahu's charge against the former Shin Bet chief and Eisenkot's reply are both carried in quotation marks.×1
Label attributed 'Settler terror' is kept in quotation marks as Abbas's word.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 disputed4 unverified
From 244 reports we hold under this byline, at Ynet. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 2 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent WATCH: Mahmoud Abbas addresses UNGA via video after US denied entry to Palestinian delegation Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The Jerusalem Post: the only report on E1, which it hedges with "which he claims". It says the US denied entry to the Palestinian delegation.
Hedge: Abbas's claim about the E1 settlement plan is marked as his claim. — “which he claims would separate the northern and southern West Bank”
Who is named as acting: The US is named as the party that refused entry. — “after US denied entry to Palestinian delegation”
Hedge on speaker: The report says 'he claims' about Abbas's description of what the E1 plan would do. The same report states the settler violence he denounced without a hedge. — “which he claims would separate the northern and southern West Bank and cut off east Jerusalem”
Who is named as acting: The headline names the US as the one refusing entry. — “after US denied entry to Palestinian delegation”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/international/article-909610
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Planned protests for Netanyahu's UN speech, Ambassador Leiter's son remains in serious condition Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The Jerusalem Post: a headline saying protests were planned for Netanyahu's speech. We hold no text beyond it.
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/podcast/jpost-headlines/article-909596
Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent אבו מאזן שוב נואם מרחוק באו"ם: "מלחמת רצח העם יצרה אסון" | ישיר Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Ynet, in Hebrew: the only report that quotes Abbas directly. It says his visa was refused again and carries his call on Trump to lift sanctions.
על רקע ביטול הוויזה שלו לארצות הברית, ובצל רצף המתקפות וההאשמות נגד ישראל, יו"ר הרשות הפלסטינית אבו מאזן נאם הערב (חמישי) בווידאו בכינוס העצרת הכללית של האו"ם. ב-21:00 (שעון ישראל) ינאם ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו. בדבריו, שהוקלטו מראש, יצא יו"ר הרש"פ בתקיפות נגד הקהילה הבינלאומית ודרש ממדינות להפסיק לספק נשק לישראל. "כמה זמן עוד תשתקו?!", שאל, "העם הפלסטיני נתון להרג, הרס, הרעבה, ניסיון עקירה ומלחמה ג'נוסיידית בעזה". אבו מאזן אמר בפתח דבריו: "מניעת הגעתי לנאום בעצרת היא הפרה של נוהלי האו"ם. אנחנו קוראים לארה"ב להסיר הסנקציות ולחזור לדיאלוג וכבוד ולדיון על פתרון שתי המדינות". לדבריו, "בעזה, העם ה
Who is named as acting: The visa refusal is pinned on the US. — “נדחתה הוויזה שלו בידי ארה"ב”
Label attributed: 'Settler terror' is kept in quotation marks as Abbas's word. — “אותה כינה "טרור מתנחלים"”
Term attributed: The report attributes 'settler terror' to Abbas as his own term. The headline puts his genocide charge in quotation marks. — “אותה כינה "טרור מתנחלים"”
Read it at Ynet → https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/hjdy6jg5ml
The New York Times
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The New York Times 🇺🇸US · newspaper · independent U.N. Live Updates: Abbas and Netanyahu Offer Dueling Speeches Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The New York Times → What we have measured Active and passive voice the ship is 'targeted' with no actor, one sentence before a named actor is given for the Saudi attack ×1Active vs passive voice Pike is named as the killer in the active voice; the botched execution has no actor named ×1Actor label Names the shooter by its backer, not by its own name. ×1Actor named Names the official and what the process did to Pike. ×1 from 3862 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The New York Times: the only report of a walkout on Netanyahu, and the only one that describes his speech: "combative".
The Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, is addressing the United Nations General Assembly on video after he was denied a U.S. visa. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel will take the stage weeks before pivotal elections at home.
Judgement stated flat: Calls Netanyahu's speech combative in the report's own voice. — “In a combative speech, he defended Israeli military action across the Middle East”
Vague count: The walkout is sized as 'dozens'. Neither the number nor the countries are given. — “Dozens of delegates left the hall”
Characterisation in own voice: The report calls Netanyahu's speech 'combative' in its own voice. It sums up the speech as a defence of 'military action' and gives no places or figures. — “In a combative speech, he defended Israeli military action across the Middle East”
Vague count: The walkout is counted as 'dozens' of delegates. The report does not say who they were. — “Dozens of delegates left the hall”
Read it at The New York Times → https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09/24/world/un-general-assembly-news
Checked, didn’t cover
International Court of Justice
Spectrum not set estimate · not a score
International Court of Justice INT · official record · intergovernmental body No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → International Criminal Court
Spectrum not set estimate · not a score
International Criminal Court INT · official record · intergovernmental body No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → UN News
Spectrum not set estimate · not a score
UN News INT · official record · intergovernmental body No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actors named Names both vetoing states and the sponsor, and says what the draft would have created ×1Asserted versus attributed share of women and children among the dead given with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed Israel named as acting, stated in the report's own voice ×1Asymmetric verb The Iranian government's crimes are 'confirmed'. The US finding is only 'reasonable grounds'. The two findings are weighted differently in one sentence. ×1 from 439 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.

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