Word: hebron
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Israeli security was happy two weeks ago that the infamous AWADALLAH brothers, ADEL and IMAD, had been killed, but officials fear reprisals from Hamas. Israeli security officials say they had been watching the two guerrillas' hideout near Hebron for some time--Adel was the most wanted man on the West Bank. But the stakeout was almost botched when a drone plane that had been monitoring the house crashed nearby. The brothers, however, apparently still didn't spot the surveillance, and a second drone was launched. At a certain point, Israeli officials say, they had a dilemma: while they wanted...
...Mezer is from Hebron, a Hamas stronghold on the West Bank, and was detained several days for rock throwing during the intifadeh. Arrested at the Canadian border in January as he tried to enter the U.S. illegally, he was detained until Feb. 6, when he posted a $5,000 bond. Some reports said Abu Mezer's alleged bombmaking was sped by news of the Hamas attack in Jerusalem. On Saturday, though, Hamas released a statement denying involvement in the Brooklyn plot. It declared, "Our battlefield is Palestine...
...HEBRON: One day after President Clinton met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in search of common ground over the troubled Middle East relations, Hebron suffered its bloodiest riots in months as some called for a return to the Intefadeh. Jewish seminary students shot and killed one Palestinian, sparking five hours of fierce rioting in which Israeli troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets, killing two Palestinians and injuring dozens. While many on both sides believe the violence will continue unless the U.S. takes a more active involvement, Clinton said Tuesday he is not prepared to host a Camp David...
...when the Hebron agreement was finally signed after four months of excruciating bargaining, the Israeli Prime Minister was still not a winner. Palestinians came away convinced that Netanyahu would never yield anything to them except under extreme duress. Many Israelis wondered what real security advantage all the tension and ill will had gained them. What the rest of the world regarded as a significant breakthrough for peace ranked as total betrayal to Jewish settlers and hard-line nationalists. At bottom, both his Palestinian foes and his right-wing faithful suspected the Prime Minister of terminal insincerity...
...after Hebron, when Netanyahu declared he would begin construction of 6,500 housing units for Jews on the hill in Arab East Jerusalem called Har Homa, it looked like another reckless move to appease the right wing of his coalition. This would be the last link in a chain of settlements surrounding the city that would permanently cut off the Arab part of Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank. Nothing inflames Palestinian opinion more than the creation of "new facts on the ground," especially those designed to foreclose Arab claims to the Holy City. Nor did the government...