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Israel seals off West Bank
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Last Edited | RP Mar 12, 2010 01:28pm |
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News Date | Friday, March 12, 2010 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | JERUSALEM - Israeli forces sealed off the West Bank and massed riot squads around Jerusalem's Old City and Arab neighborhoods during Muslim weekly prayers on Friday, facing down Palestinian anger over Jewish settlement expansion.
After a week in which visiting Vice President Joe Biden condemned Israel for approving new building just as Washington was pushing its key Middle East ally to relaunch peace talks with the Palestinians, police said a plan to avert a repeat of clashes in which dozens were wounded last Friday had worked.
Before he left Israel on Thursday, Biden made clear he did not want Abbas to hold back from talks. These have been cast in doubt by calls from Palestinian officials and the Arab League for Israel to reverse its latest settlement expansion -- at Ramat Shlomo in the Jerusalem area -- before talks start. |
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