UNITED NATIONS, United States - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Sept 25 rejected any future role for Hamas and condemned anti-Semitism, as he appealed for full global support for a state in the face of Israeli annexation threats. Days after several Western powers led by France recognised a state of Palestine, the veteran 89-year-old leader was forced to address the UN General Assembly by video after the United States took the unusual step of denying him a visa to come to New York. With far-right Israeli ministers calling for an annexation of the West Bank to kill prospects of a...