US pressures Palestinians to withdraw UN vice-presidency bid, threatening consequences if they refuse by May 22.
The Trump administration is pressuring Palestinian leaders to withdraw their bid for a vice-presidency role at the UN General Assembly, threatening punitive measures if they refuse. According to a leaked U.S. State Department cable, Washington ordered its embassy in Jerusalem to pressure the Palestinian Authority to abandon the candidacy by May 22.
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