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US backtracks on decision to close Palestinian office in DC

By Associated Press

Published November 25, 2017 12:24am ET

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US backtracks on decision to close Palestinian office in DC — FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson talks to reporters during the daily media briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, in Washington. The United States declared the ongoing violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar to be "ethnic cleansing" on Wednesday, Nov. 22, putting more pressure on the country's military to halt a brutal crackdown that has sent more than 600,000 refugees flooding over the border to Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) | Manuel Balce Ceneta

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is backtracking on its decision to order the Palestinians’ office in Washington to close.

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