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Israeli troops withdrew on Monday from an area of the occupied West Bank's largest city that they had evacuated of its Palestinian residents, following an attack that killed two soldiers in October. The operation had emptied a neighbourhood in Hebron city where the two gunmen had lived, with soldiers later destroying their homes -- a practice commonly carried out by the military as punishment for attacks.
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King of Jordan says no security in Middle East without Palestinian 'homeland' Jordan's King Abdullah said there would be no security in the Middle East until the Palestinians' right to "their homeland" is fulfilled. "We reiterate, time and again, that there can be no security or stability in our region without upholding the Palestinian people's right to their homeland," he said at the opening of Jordan's parliament. "Despite international calls for an end to Israel's violations, the humanitar…
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Gunmen killed nine Christians during a funeral service at a church in Karak governorate last month
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