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Article: Jerusalem Up Against the Wall.(Middle East)
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- Newsweek
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- August 11, 2008
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Byline: Kevin Peraino; With Joanna Chen and Nuha Musleh in Jerusalem
Israel's separation barrier has blocked West Bank bombers, but may be creating a new threat within.
Jerusalem Up Against the Wall
Ghassan Abu Tir's favorite television series was a Turkish soap opera called "Noor." The 22-year-old East Jerusalem hard hat rarely missed an episode. The show's setting--a luxurious villa along the Bosporus--is about as far from cramped and conservative Jerusalem as one can get. Some evenings, the Palestinian backhoe driver would sit with his brother on the balcony of their grandparents' stone house, smoking L&Ms and trying to figure out how he ...