Pulling out - in Jerusalem, too
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On the Friday when the late Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat was buried in the courtyard of the Muqata, the media reported that because of the fear of riots, the Israeli government had decided to close the Temple Mount mosques to residents of
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As part of the implementation of Oslo, Israel gave up 80 percent of Gaza on May 18, 1994. When we talk about disengagement from Gaza, this means withdrawal from the remaining 20 percent of the area.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel said yesterday it would severely limit the access of Muslim worshippers to Jerusalem's holiest site during the holy month of Ramadan, fearing it could collapse.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s illness and his departure from the West Bank presents a blessing and a curse for Israelis and Palestinians alike.
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In Cairo, once thought to be fairly safe, many consider fleeing again - to Israel.
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JERUSALEM -- Representatives of the Anglican Church who toured Israel and the West Bank this week are recommending that the church withdraw investments from Israel to pressure the country to ease the ''draconian conditions&quot; imposed on the Palestinians, a church official said yesterday.
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Building a housing complex or a road in the Holy Land can often have grave implications.
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Israel is determined to keep Yasser Arafat out of Jerusalem even in death, with one Cabinet minister saying Friday that the holy city is reserved for the burial of Jewish kings, &quot;not Arab terrorists.
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The town where Jesus was born is being turned into a &quot;big prison&quot; by the separation fence, the heads of churches in the Holy Land said in a pre-Christmas message yesterday.
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JERUSALEM For much of the day Tuesday, it appeared that the Jewish settlements of the Gaza Strip had already been evacuated. By the thousands, settlers piled onto buses, leaving behind closed shops and padlocked schools in the sand dunes of Gaza.
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SHAVEI SHOMRON, West Bank -- A year ago, Bechor Gan was convinced his settlement's days were numbered. A remote Jewish enclave nestled deep in the northern West Bank, Shavei Shomron was at the top of the list for an Israeli withdrawal on the heels of its pullout from the Gaza Strip.
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Under threat from Romans ransacking Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, many of the city's Jewish residents crowded into an underground drainage channel to hide and later flee the chaos through Jerusalem's southern end unnoticed.
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JERUSALEM -- Hoping to quell days of Muslim protests, Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox Jewish mayor yesterday ordered a review of construction outside a holy site at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict, a spokesman said.
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Tens of thousands of Israelis rallied in the streets of Jerusalem Sunday evening -- the latest in a series of protests against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s disengagement plan.
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JERUSALEM Israel hints that it might coordinate a planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip -- if the Palestinians crack down on militants.
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the occupied Gaza Strip and political sources say he had not ruled out the idea completely. parts of the West Bank in order to &quot;disengage&quot; from conflict with the Palestinians.
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 26 - A small Jewish settlement tucked in the corner of the Gaza Strip has become the first one in which all the residents have agreed to leave under the Israeli government's Gaza withdrawal plan, an Israeli official said today.