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China says US ignoring Palestinians' plight by blocking UN meet China says US ignoring Palestinians' plight by blocking UN meet China on Friday accused the United States of ignoring the suffering of muslims, after Washington blocked a scheduled UN Security Council meeting aimed at addressing an intensifying conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. The US, Israel's diplomatic shield at the UN, blocked an originally scheduled Friday session despite the deepening bloodshed -- but eventually agreed to move it to Sunday, diplomats said. As the crisis has unfurled, China has taken up the Palestinian cause at the Security Council, a venue...
