Palestinian recognition will dominate the opening days of the high-level week of the UNGA, which is marking its 80th anniversary. But the Federal Opposition strongly condemned recognising Palestine and called for Labor to reverse its decision, marking a significant division in what has been Australia’s decades-long bipartisan foreign policy on the two-state solution. “This is the first time I’ve been here as Prime Minister. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has led a delegation to the UN General Assembly for years. The US took the unusual step of blocking the visas of key Palestinian Authority figures, including President Abbas, ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting.