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The United States Department of State has taken the extraordinary step of ordering the closure of Palestine's representative office in Washington DC. In a press release, the State Department said that the Trump administration determined that the mission of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), which is the internationally-recognizes body representing Palestinians, would be shut down as a result of a lack of steps taken by the PLO to advance meaningful negotiations with Israel. "he PLO has not taken steps to…