It's worth pausing for a moment over Israel's decision last week to deny entry to the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, who had planned to visit Ramallah to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the rest of the Palestinian Authority leadership.

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