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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: West Bank

West Bank stories: 85 news summaries

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Barrier Draws Palestinians  Into Jerusalem

Wary of being cut off, thousands  are moving into East Jerusalem

Jun 4, 07 5:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Since the wall between the West Bank and Jerusalem started going up, thousands of Palestinians have moved from the former into the latter, anxious to make  sure they are not cut off from the Israeli city when the barrier is complete. Dismayed by the deteriorating conditions in the West Bank,... More »

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Israel • Palestine • migration • Jerusalem • West Bank • population • barrier

Israel Detains
Senior Hamas Officials

Education Minister and two mayors among those arrested

May 24, 07 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli troops arrested 33 Hamas leaders—including several moderate politicians—in the West Bank overnight, as part of a continuing crackdown on the group following a deadly barrage of rocket attacks. The move suggests Israel is stepping up pressure on Hamas' political arm as it seeks to prevent the group's... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • rocket attacks • West Bank • arrest

Hamas Calls Off Ceasefire

Israeli Independence Day marked by rocket blasts; Hamas claims responsibility

Apr 24, 07 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas launched dozens of rockets and mortar shells at Israel this morning, ending a five-month cease fire. The blasts rocked the country as it celebrated its 59th Independence Day. The Hamas-led government blames Israel for the breakdown, citing the deaths of nine Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank killed... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • ismail Haniyeh • West Bank

Klein: War on Terror Has Hurt Israel

Hawks in the Bush administration were pro-Israel, but the results weren't

Mar 26, 07 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - "As a Jew, I am embarrassed by the role that so many prominent Jews have had in empowering the enemy," Joe Klein writes in a blog from Jerusalem, noting the number of neoconservatives in the Bush  war machine who had close ties to the Israeli government. Klein says... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Lebanon • Gaza • Hamas • Jews • Hezbollah • Jerusalem • West Bank • Islamic extremists • neocon

A Generation Is Lost to Violence

Palestinians coming of age have no jobs, no hopes, no agenda but resistance

Mar 12, 07 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The generation of Palestinians now coming of age—and 56.4 percent of the population is under 19—have no hopes for peace, only of a lifetime of “resistance.”  Growing up through two intifadas, they are isolated from the world, divided amongst themselves, and surrounded by violence,... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Palestine • children • West Bank • US troops • violence • militant • gun violence

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