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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta

Palestinians pin scant hope on Biden visit after setbacks under Trump

German tourists talk in front of a graffiti on the Israeli wall in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank June 20, 2022. Picture taken June 20, 2022. REUTERS\Mussa Qawasma

As the United States strives to boost defence ties between Israel and Arab states, Palestinians await with increasing gloom the first visit of President Joe Biden after what they see as a string of broken promises by Washington.

Requests for the reopening of the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, closed by former President Donald Trump, or lifting the classification of the Palestine Liberation Organization as a terrorist organisation have gone unheard, Palestinians say.

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