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Abbas snubs visiting Republican congressmen
GOP delegation meets instead in Ramallah with Erekat and Shtayyeh
AP Photo/Nasser Nasser
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas talks to reporters at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in Ramallah in June.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas snubbed a Republican congressional delegation on Tuesday, despite meeting with a similar group of Democratic members last week.
The 31 Republican members of Congress were scheduled to meet with Abbas in Ramallah on...