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Rough justice by local hero holds Nablus in thrall
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Some people in Nablus were overjoyed last week to hear that
Ahmed Tabouq, the 30-year-old gunman who rules part of their city,
had died of his wounds after a gun battle. For six months they had
denounced him as a local Al Capone, a racketeer who filled the
power vacuum between the end of Israeli control of Nablus and the
start of Palestinian self-rule.
Their joy did not last long. Reports of Mr Tabouq's demise were
premature. Within hours of the Israeli media announcing his death,
he ...
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West Bank Politics Supplanted by More Immediate Worry-Money
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; Elias Freij has been a frequent visitor to the Jordanian capital of Amman during the 16 years he has been mayor of this city of 24,000 in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. His trips to Europe and the United States always begin and end with a round of calls on various Jordanian government ministries.
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Palestine forced to live in a harsh, split reality; The West Bank and Gaza Strip are divided geographically, economically and politically, and a single state seems increasingly remote, writes Scott Wilson.(Dispatches)
The Sunday Independent (South Africa)
; Ali Hussein is making money, placing the low-key sales manager in a small minority in economically depleted Gaza City. The company he works for is the sole provider of video-conferencing equipment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the separate parts of an elusive Palestinian state whose connections
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Israeli ministers tour West Bank hills, cite concern for security
The Boston Globe
; PEDUEL, West Bank -- Armed with binoculars and maps, Benjamin Netanyahu and half his Cabinet scaled the highlands looming over central Israel yesterday to press their point that the ...
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West Bank in N.O.'s new banking branches reinforces emergence as hotspot for growth, development
New Orleans CityBusiness
; For Jefferson Parish officials and bank executives, the proliferation of new banking branches reinforces the West Bank's emergence as a hotspot for growth and development. "There's been a lot of commerce flowing through the West Bank of Jefferson Parish and banks want to surf that wave," said
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