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U.S. Upgrades Diplomatic Ties with Palestinians in Bid to Woo Abbas
(Ha'aretz) Natasha Mozgovaya, Barak Ravid and Avi Issacharoff - Now PA diplomats in Washington will enjoy diplomatic immunity. "This decision reflects our confidence that through direct negotiations, we can help achieve a two-state solution with an independent and viable Palestine living side by side with Israel," said White House spokesman Thomas Vietor. "We should begin preparing for that outcome now, as we continue to work with the Palestinian people on behalf of a better future." A week ago, American officials contacted Jerusalem to see whether Israel would object to the upgrade, a senior Israeli official said. Prime Minister Netanyahu responded that he had no objections.