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Article: Israel approves compromise on security barrier
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- October 2, 2003
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Israel approves compromise on security barrier
By CRAIG NELSON Cox News Service
Thursday, October 2, 2003
Jerusalem -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government on Wednesday
approved a 28-mile addition to a security barrier dividing Israel and
the West Bank, but under pressure from the Bush administration, it
agreed to leave gaps in the disputed fence.
The route approved for the next section of the security fence was
a compromise. Right-wing ministers in Sharon's cabinet wanted to
build a barrier around Ariel, some 13 miles deep inside the West Bank
on land Palestinians claim for a future state, and connect it to an
already completed 90-mile section of fence.
But under pressure from the ...