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Agence France-Presse 19 Jan 2017

With US president-elect Donald Trump set to take office on Friday, Israelis and Palestinians will both be eager to see whether he plunges the long-stagnant Middle East peace process into uncharted waters, particularly following his pledge to relocate the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv, a promise applauded by Israel's right-wing but decried by the Palestinian leadership.