Access to more than 50 percent of West Bank restricted for Palestinians: World Bank

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Written by The Associated Press on International Herald Tribune The Associated Press on International Herald Tribune

Published: 10 May 2007 10 May 2007

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RAMALLAH, West Bank: A new World Bank report says the troubled Palestinian economy cannot recover unless Israel dismantles its web of physical and administrative obstacles to Palestinian movement in the West Bank. Here are some figures from the report.

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Since Israel signed an agreement on improving movement and access for Palestinians in November 2005, restrictions have instead become tighter. Since the agreement, the number of physical obstacles in the West Bank increased by 44 percent, to 547.

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Military Police to probe soldiers' assault on leftist Israeli activists

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Written by Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent, and the Associated Press Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent, and the Associated Press

Published: 10 May 2007 10 May 2007

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The Military Police criminal investigations division is to launch an investigation into an incident in the West Bank on Wednesday in which armed Israel Defense Forces reservist soldiers used violence against left-wing Israelis protesters.

The protesters had dismantled a temporary roadblock in the Hebron Hills, close to the town of Dahariyah, provoking the troops' response.

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Negev desert nomads on the move again to make way for Israel's barrier

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Written by Rory McCarthy in Azariya Rory McCarthy in Azariya

Published: 28 February 2007 28 February 2007

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Security fence and spread of Jewish settlement risks way of life for thousands

The bulldozers came for Hamid Salim Hassan's house just after dawn. Before the demolition began, the Bedouin family scrambled to gather what they could: a fridge, a pile of carpets, some plastic chairs, a canister of cooking gas and a metal bed frame.

Now, with their house a wreck of smashed concrete and broken plastic pipes, Mr Hassan and his family are living in a canvas tent on a neighbour's land. Their possessions are piled outside, along with boxes of supplies, including washing-up liquid, toothpaste, corned beef, wheat flour and tomato paste, provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

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Venturing into the lion's den: Carter to Discuss Book at Brandeis U.

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Written by DAVID WEBER, Associated Press Writer DAVID WEBER, Associated Press Writer

Published: 23 January 2007 23 January 2007

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WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - Venturing into the lion's den, Jimmy Carter headed Tuesday to Brandeis University, a historically Jewish college, to confront the furor over his new book on the Middle East, which has been attacked as slanted against Israel.

The uproar has been going on for several months and recently prompted 14 members of an advisory board at the former president's international-affairs think tank, the Carter Center, to resign in protest over the book, ``Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.''
{josquote}Closing our eyes to injustice is not a Jewish value{/josquote}
A tightly controlled discussion was planned, with 15 questions selected in advance. Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz had also hoped to debate Carter but was told he would not be allowed inside.

Metal barricades were erected along the road leading to the athletic center, where Carter was to speak, and people entering the place had to go through a metal detector.

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