The Palestinian Authority will “reconsider” its relationship with the United States after Washington vetoed a Palestinian bid for full UN membership earlier this week, President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday. “The Palestinian leadership will reconsider bilateral relations with the United States to ensure the protection of our people’s interests, our cause, and our rights,” Abbas told the official Palestinian news agency Wafa. Wafa said his remarks came “on the heels of the United States’ use of veto power” at the UN Security Council. A Palestinian Authority source who chose to remain anonymou…