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Everyone gets stressed from work sometimes and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad might be no exception.

As if he didn’t have enough on his mind already, the Prime Minister suffered a heart attack on Sunday.

At the time of the heart attack, Fayyad was visiting the United States for his son’s graduation from the University of Texas. He is currently recovering in a nearby hospital.

Though they can’t necessarily be linked, the heart attack comes at the time of an increased focus on Israeli-Palestinian relations. Tensions have been high as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Washington and a forthcoming United Nations vote gives Palestine the potential for statehood.

The vote at September’s U.N. General Assembly would be mostly symbolic, and carry little legal weight. But passage—which is expected if the resolution proceeds to a vote—would be a very visible show of Israel’s isolation on the international stage.”