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Article: VOA NEWS: ISRAEL CONSIDERS MOVING SECURITY BARRIER FARTHER INTO WEST BANK

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January 31, 2007
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The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Jim Teeple Israel's government says it is considering moving the West Bank security barrier eastward, farther into the West Bank to enclose two Jewish settlements. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem, Palestinian officials have condemned the proposal. Israeli officials confirm that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert could bring a measure before the cabinet that would move Israel's controversial security barrier five kilometers to the East, to enclose the Jewish settlements of Na'aleh and Nili where about 1,500 Jewish settlers live. If the proposal is carried out it could enclose about 20,000 Palestinians between the security barrier and ...

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