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Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas (R) meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the Muqataa, the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on December 28, 2016. / AFP / ABBAS MOMANI (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images) — Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in Ramallah, West Bank, Dec. 28, 2016. — ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images

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