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SITUATION
IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Left: Two Israeli tanks and an APC drive along a
street which leads to the Nativity square in Bethlehem, April
10, 2002. The United States, the European Union, Russia and the
United Nations called on Israel to withdraw its forces immediately
from Palestinian cities in the West Bank. (Oleg Popov/Reuters)
Two Israeli army tanks drive in the main street
of the deserted city of Bethlehem, April 8, 2002. Battles raged
between troops and gunmen in the northern West Bank cities of
Jenin and Nablus, and Israeli troops fired shots at the Church
of the Nativity in Bethlehem, where 200 gunmen and civilians are
holed up. REUTERS/Magnus Johansson
Smoke billows of the left side of the compound of
the Church of the Nativity in the old city of Bethlehem, April
8, 2002. Israeli troops and tanks in a five-day standoff with
Palestinians holed up in the church opened fire at the building
on Monday, causing a blaze in the offices belonging to a local
monastery, the governor of the West Bank city said. Photo by Oleg
Popov/Reuters
An Israeli soldier aims his rifle as his unit patrols
the deserted Old City of Bethlehem near the Church of the Nativity,
April 10, 2002. The United States, the European Union, Russia
and the United Nations called on Israel on Wednesday to withdraw
its forces immediately from Palestinian cities in the West Bank.
REUTERS/Oleg Popov
An Israeli soldier stops Orthodox Patriarchs and
heads of Christian Churchs in Jerusalem at an army checkpoint
on the way to Bethlehem in Jerusalem Monday, April 8, 2002. The
Patriarchs and heads off the Christian Churches wanted to march
towards Bethlehem and head to the Nativity Church to show their
solidarity with the population of the West Bank town but had to
give up their plan as Israeli troops did not let them pass the
checkpoint. (AP Photo/Zoom 77)
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