A Palestinian resident of Ramallah describes the mood as Blinken visits the West Bank city

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to meet the head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmud Abbas in Ramallah on Tuesday. Sam Bahour is a Palestinian American businessman in the city, and he talks with The World’s Marco Werman about why the city’s residents have low expectations about this visit helping to improve their quality of life. 

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