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The Majestic Palestinian Parliament Building in Abu Dis
(Bloomberg) Jonathan Ferziger and Fadwa Hodali - With its sky-lit lantern dome, tiered floors and speaker's well, the majestic Palestinian Parliament building on the edge of east Jerusalem in Abu Dis needs only some lighting fixtures and a few truckloads of furniture. Last month, PA President Mahmoud Abbas explained to senior Palestinian officials that Washington was preparing to propose Abu Dis as the capital of Palestine. When Abu Dis was first identified as a potential Palestinian capital at the turn of the millennium, the idea was to incorporate the village into Jerusalem's expanded municipal borders. The plan was co-authored by Abbas himself. The idea was so seductive that Palestinians spent millions of dollars to build a parliament there.