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US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Thursday, in a rare visit by a high-ranking Washington official to the occupied West Bank. Pelosi and the accompanying delegation were hosted by Abbas at the Ramallah presidential headquarters, state media said. During the meeting, Abbas urged US action on what he described as “unilateral Israeli practices” that undermine a two-state solution. Abbas stated “the importance of ending the Israeli occupation of Palestine, halting all illegal Israeli settlement activities, curbing settler vi…