Israel sends mixed message on West Bank border

From: Oakland Tribune | Date: October 14, 2007| Author: Karin Laub, Associated Press | Copyright information

KEDAR SETTLEMENT, West Bank -- First a sprawling police headquarters went up, now bulldozers are leveling ground for a highway, and by year's end Israel will have laid claim to another strategic West Bank hill, taking one more chunk out of a future Palestine even as Israel says it wants to negotiate its borders.

Israel has been tightening its hold on parts of the West Bank for years, with mushrooming settlements and more recently, a separation barrier. The barrier would eventually sli...

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