[Reuters] Adam Entous and Atef Sa'ad - The U.S. plans to rush $1 million in aid to the West Bank city of Nablus, home to 200,000 Palestinians, to try to support Mahmoud Abbas ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference on statehood. Western diplomats cast the quick infusion of U.S. aid as part of a "hearts and minds" campaign to try to bolster Abbas. The U.S.-funded projects will rebuild schools, clinics and court buildings, senior U.S. officials said at a recent closed-door meeting of the Quartet. The projects are meant to give a facelift to the city, according to U.S., Western and Palestinian officials.
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