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Word: kaffar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1977-1977
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...there has been no trouble involving Jews and Arabs at Kaddum, an 18-month-old settlement of 200 Israelis near Nablus that overlooks two Palestinian villages, Git and Kaffar Kaddum. There is little contact between the communities. Living inside a guarded, wire-fenced military compound, the settlers are completely isolated from their neighbors. Says Ze'ev Saffer, who runs Kaddum's drugstore: "We do not buy supplies from them because they want everything in cash and are not ready to give us credit." The Arabs, for their part, are hostile and suspicious. "They are not farmers," one told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: West Bank: Decade of Occupation | 6/13/1977 | See Source »

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