Isabel Kershner Nyt News Service
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In Jerusalem, a barrier comes down
The Israeli military on Sunday began dismantling a concrete barrier that protected residents of a once-troubled district on the edge of Jerusalem from Palestinian sniper fire.At the height of the second intifada, the violent Palestinian uprising that broke out in 2000, the barrier's tall concrete blocks had shielded the residents of Gilo, most of w...
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Israel holds hundreds seized during raid on flotilla
A day after Israeli commandoes raided an aid flotilla seeking to breach the blockade of Gaza, Israel held more than 600 activists seized aboard the convoy on Tuesday as news reports said activists may be planning a fresh attempt to ferry supplies to the Hamas-run enclave.
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Deadly Israeli raid draws condemnation
Israel faced intense international condemnation and growing domestic questions on Monday after a raid by naval commandos that killed nine people, many of them Turks, on an aid flotilla bound for Gaza. (Read: Israel attack: 2 Astro Awani journalists missing)Turkey, Israel's most important friend in the Muslim world, recalled its ambassador and canc...
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In Jerusalem, a barrier comes down
The Israeli military on Sunday began dismantling a concrete barrier that protected residents of a once-troubled district on the edge of Jerusalem from Palestinian sniper fire.At the height of the second intifada, the violent Palestinian uprising that broke out in 2000, the barrier's tall concrete blocks had shielded the residents of Gilo, most of w...
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Israel holds hundreds seized during raid on flotilla
A day after Israeli commandoes raided an aid flotilla seeking to breach the blockade of Gaza, Israel held more than 600 activists seized aboard the convoy on Tuesday as news reports said activists may be planning a fresh attempt to ferry supplies to the Hamas-run enclave.
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Deadly Israeli raid draws condemnation
Israel faced intense international condemnation and growing domestic questions on Monday after a raid by naval commandos that killed nine people, many of them Turks, on an aid flotilla bound for Gaza. (Read: Israel attack: 2 Astro Awani journalists missing)Turkey, Israel's most important friend in the Muslim world, recalled its ambassador and canc...
