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[The protests have often turned into anti-American and anti-British rallies where Palestinians burned effigies of US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. ]

I'm no diplomat, but that's not the way I'd try to get the US to "help me out."

As a wise man once said, "The Palestinians never miss a chance to miss a chance."

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Abba Eban: "The Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity"