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Palestinians call on US to support UN bid

A Palestinian worker in a family-owned workshop that makes checkered headscarves or keffiyehs works a loom in the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday (AP photo by Bernat Armangue)
A Palestinian worker in a family-owned workshop that makes checkered headscarves or keffiyehs works a loom in the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday (AP photo by Bernat Armangue)

The Palestinians have called on the United States to reverse course and support their United Nations membership bid, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Wednesday.

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