Abbas was in Paris on a 10-day trip to drum up support for U. n. membership, and listened politely to U. S. envoy David Hale and Jerusalem Consul General Daniel Rubinstein.

阿巴斯那时在巴黎进行为期十天的旅程，为赢得对巴勒斯坦正式会员地位的支持而宣传，他倾听美国特使大卫·海尔和美国驻耶路撒冷领事丹尼尔·罗宾斯丁的意见。

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If the White House had announced at an early date that it would automatically veto any resolution calling for Palestinian U.N. membership and would end all U.S. financial and political support for the Palestinian Authority if it went through with its stated aim of applying for U.N. membership as a state, the Palestinians would likely have set aside their plans.

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Given this situation, even if their bid for U.N. membership fails, the Palestinians will have won.

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The recognition paved the way for Palestinians to seek membership in U.N. agencies and other international organizations.

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