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"(Date à préciser)Composé de back et de pedal."
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"ref": "Ian Black Arab anger as Hillary Clinton backs Israel on settlements, w:The Guardian, 2009-11-02,https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/02/arab-anger-clinton-backs-israel",
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"translation": "Il y eu des commentaires plus apres de Nabil Abu Rudeineh, porte-parole de président palestinien Mahmoud Abbas: \"Les négociations sont dans un état de paralysie, et le résultat de l'intransigeance d'Israël et de la distanciation américaine est l'absence d'espoir de négociation à l'horizon.\""
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"(Date à préciser)Composé de back et de pedal."
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