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Article: 'We're not collaborators and we're not terrorists. We just want to work'. Ironically, thousands of Palestinians want settlement construction to continue
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- June 26, 2009
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KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Jerusalem Post
06-26-2009
Headline: 'We're not collaborators and we're not terrorists. We just want to work'. Ironically, thousands of Palestinians want settlement construction to continue
Byline: KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 03
Friday, June 26, 2009 -- The last thing that Abu Mohammed al-Najjar wants is for Israel to succumb to US and European pressure and halt construction in the West Bank settlements.
As far as the 58-year-old laborer is concerned, freezing the construction would be a disaster not only for him and his family, but for thousands of other Palestinians working in various settlements in the West Bank.
Of course, this does not mean that ...