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Amnesty: Watchdog Needed for Israel
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NUAMAN, West Bank For generations, first in caves hollowed from hillsides, then shepherds' tents and simple stone houses, the Shawarwa and Darawi families thrived here amid pine windbreaks, olive orchards and flocks of sheep. (article 1)
Darawi was born here in a weathered house in June 1967, the same month Israel triumphed in the Middle East war. (article 1)
The Israeli government drew a larger municipal boundary around Jerusalem, annexing the lands to the Jewish state, including Darawi's home . (article 1)
Ignoring a minor head wound suffered in the capture of East Jerusalem from Jordanian forces, Amirav raced through the winding lanes of the Old City to join jubilant fellow soldiers at the Western Wall. (article 2)
Since the outbreak of the current wave of Palestinian-Israeli violence in 2000, about 4,330 people have been killed on the Palestinian side and 1,111 on the Israeli side. (article 4)
It has been seen as a daring raid by crack Israeli troops to rescue dozens of their countrymen held at the mercy of hijackers. (article 6)
A UK government file on the crisis, released from the National Archives, contains a claim that Israel itself was behind the hijacking. (article 6)
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Israeli, Israel, Palestinian, Jews, Jewish |
Source articles
- In the Village of Nowhere, a Fate Soon Sealed (Washington Post, 06/03/2007, 662 words)
- A holy city still divided (L.A. Times, 06/03/2007, 784 words)
- My search for the West Bank's 'invisible' town (observer.guardian.co.uk, 06/03/2007, 1693 words)
- Amnesty: Watchdog Needed for Israel (baltimoresun.com, 06/03/2007, 425 words)
- Palestinians killed in West Bank (BBC News, 06/03/2007, 161 words)
- Israel hijack role 'was queried' (BBC News, 06/01/2007, 434 words)
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