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Israel starts to shape future for West Bank Construction solidifies Jews' presence
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EL BIREH, Israeli-occupied West Bank -- Standing on the shoulder
of the main road of this Palestinian town as cars whiz by, Pearl and
Rabbi Herbert Witkin of West Orange, N.J., bow their heads at a small
monument to two Jewish settlers slain by Palestinian militants in a
drive-by shooting on the spot three years ago.
The site is not easy to maintain, laments their guide, Yehiel
Leiter. It is often desecrated with paint, mud and excrement. Rabbi
Witkin, who once headed congregations i...
