'About 40,000 people from Ramallah live in the US'

Amidst a sycophantic puff piece on the Mayor of Ramallah, this little tidbit is dropped in: Mikhael is from an old Ramallah family, one of the original families. "We have about 40,000 people from Ramallah living in the United States, and only 2,000 people from the original families still live here." Depending on your perspective, that could be good news or bad news. Here's a little more about