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  • 15
    May
    2013
    12:43pm, EDT

    Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli police on Nakba Day

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    A Palestinian sets fire to a tire during clashes between hundreds of Palestinians and Israeli soldiers outside the Ofer prison after a march marking the 65th Nakba day or "Day of Catastrophe" on May 15, in Betunia near the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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    A mounted Israeli policeman tries to disperse Palestinian protesters waving their national flag during clashes as demonstrators gathered outside Damascus gate in Jerusalem on May 15, to mark the 65th Nakba or "Day of Catastrophe"

    Mohamad Torokman / Reuters

    A Palestinian protestor holds a Molotov cocktail and a lighter, ready to be used against Israeli security forces during clashes to mark Nakba Day near the West Bank city of Ramallah May 15. Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and at East Jerusalem on Wednesday during demonstrations to mark 65 years since what they call the Nakba (Catastrophe) when Israel's creation caused many to lose their homes and become refugees.

    Abed Al Hashlamoun / EPA

    Palestinian protesters are stopped by Israeli soldiers during clashes after a rally marking Nakba Day in the Beit Omar village, north the West Bank city of Hebron, on May 15. Nakba Day is the annual day of commemoration of the displacement of Palestinians after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.

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    Clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces on Nakba Day, a day when Palestinians commemorate the loss of their homes in the 1948 war that resulted in the creation of Israel. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

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    "A Palestinian protestor holds a Molotov cocktail and a lighter, ready to be used against Israeli security forces during clashes to mark Nakba Day near the West Bank city of Ramallah May 15" These go with the territory of followers of Islamic cult. When Muslims form than five percent in a place down …

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  • 22
    Mar
    2013
    11:23am, EDT

    Obama wraps up Holy Land visit at Bethlehem church after Holocaust tribute

    Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

    U.S. President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas walk in the Church of the Nativity during their visit to the West Bank city of Bethlehem on March 22, 2013.

    Jason Reed / Reuters

    Obama meets Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III (3rd left) during a tour of the Church of the Nativity.

    Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

    Obama walks out of the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem.

    By Matt Spetalnick and Ali Sawafta, Reuters

    President Barack Obama made a pilgrimage on Friday to Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus.

    At the Church of the Nativity, Obama ducked to enter through its small Door of Humility. Manger Square, the plaza in front of the church, was almost deserted except for security personnel.

    Earlier, Obama visited Israel's most powerful national symbols, paying homage at the Holocaust memorial and the graves of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, and Yitzhak Rabin, the prime minister assassinated in 1995 by an extremist Jew over peace moves with the Palestinians.

    Wearing a Jewish skullcap, Obama rekindled an eternal flame at the Yad Vashem memorial next to a stone slab above ashes recovered from Nazi extermination camps after World War Two.

    "We have a choice to acquiesce to evil or make real our solemn vow - never again," Obama said.

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    Obama tours the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, alongside Avner Shalev (right), Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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    Obama pays his respects in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem after Marines laid a wreath on his behalf.

    Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

    Obama listens to Netanyahu during their visit to the Children's Memorial at Yad Vashem.

    Jason Reed / Reuters

    Obama walks with Rabbi Israel Meir Lau in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem.

    Previously on PhotoBlog: Obama begins first official trip to Israel

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    Very moving places - it would be wonderful if all people could visit these Holy places important to all religions.

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  • 25
    Feb
    2013
    11:09am, EST

    Clashes as Palestinians bury man who died in Israeli custody

    Atef Safadi / EPA

    Palestinians hurl stones at an Israeli police vehicle during clashes next to the Ofer military prison, south of the West Bank town of Ramallah, on Feb. 25, 2013. Palestinians clashed with Israeli soldiers after the funeral of a Palestinian who died in an Israeli jail.

    Darren Whiteside / Reuters

    Palestinians carry the body of Arafat Jaradat during his funeral in the West Bank village of Se'eer, near Hebron, on Feb. 25, 2013. Jaradat's death in an Israeli jail on Saturday and a hunger strike by four other prisoners have raised tension in the West Bank, where stone-throwers have clashed repeatedly with Israeli soldiers in recent days.

    Ammar Awad / Reuters

    A relative mourns during the funeral of Arafat Jaradat in Se'eer on Feb. 25, 2013.

    Tensions flared in the West Bank after the death of a Palestinian detainee who died in an Israeli prison. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

    The Associated Press reports — A Palestinian man who died under disputed circumstances in Israeli custody was given a hero's funeral Monday, with thousands thronging his gravesite and Palestinian police firing a 21-gun salute.

    Palestinian officials, citing an autopsy, say Arafat Jaradat was tortured during Israeli interrogation, while Israeli officials said more tests are needed to determine the cause of death.

    The weekend death of the 30-year-old gas station attendant and father of two comes amid rising West Bank tensions that have prompted talk in Israel about the possibility of a new Palestinian uprising. There have also been daily protests in support of some 4,600 Palestinians held by Israel. Read the full story.

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    Israeli-Palestinian conflict plays out in a rocky field

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    Palestinians mourn over the body of Arafat Jaradat during his funeral on Feb. 25, 2013.

    Atef Safadi / EPA

    An Israeli soldier fires tear gas and rubber bullets at Palestinian stone throwers during clashes next to the Ofer military prison on Feb. 25, 2013.

    Mohamad Torokman / Reuters

    A stone-throwing Palestinian protester uses a sling to throw back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during clashes outside the Ofer military prison on Feb. 25, 2013.

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    Let's see: Poor little defenseless guys versus big, bad armored car: Check Corpse swarm: check Keening and wailing women in big chunks of fabric: Check Corpse closeup wrapped in crappy flag: Check Bad soldier in body armor: check Romantic moron posed throwing cannister "back" but actually right at p …

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  • 2
    Jan
    2013
    9:53am, EST

    Israeli-Palestinian conflict plays out in a rocky field

    Majdi Mohammed / AP

    Surrounded by Israeli border police, Jewish settlers from the Esh Kodesh settlement outpost sit in a field in an attempt to prevent Palestinians from farming land in the northern West Bank, on Jan. 2. Both the settlers and Palestinians living in the area claim ownership of the disputed land.

    Reports state that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas insists that talks cannot proceed without a construction freeze on Israeli West Bank settlements, a precondition that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects.

    -- The Associated Press, European Pressphoto Agency

    Alaa Badarneh / EPA

    An Israeli soldier runs to stop a Jewish settler as she tries to prevent a Palestinian farmer from ploughing his fields near the West Bank village of Jaloud on Jan. 2.

    Alaa Badarneh / EPA

    Israeli soldiers prepare to remove a Jewish settler as she tries to stop a Palestinian farmer from ploughing his fields near the West Bank village of Jaloud near Nablus on Jan. 2.

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    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • Palestinians rally, celebrate as UN upgrades their status
    • Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers over prisoners
    • Israel authorizes additional permits for Palestinian workers
    • West Bank cities erupt in violent protests over escalating prices
    • Jewish settlers voluntarily evacuate West Bank enclave

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    I see the Nazi turds have infested this board.

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  • 21
    Dec
    2012
    5:01pm, EST

    Christians in the Biblical town of Bethlehem prepare for Christmas

    Ammar Awad / Reuters

    A worshipper prays in the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, ahead of Christmas in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Dec. 21, 2012.

    Jim Hollander / EPA

    Pilgrims from Italy join a procession through the Church of the Nativity down into the 'Grotto,' traditionally accepted as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Dec. 21. The church is one of the oldest in the world and pilgrims, tourists and Christian faithful are flocking to the town where Jesus was born in the lead-up to the Christmas festivities.

    Mohamad Torokman / Reuters

    Palestinians surround a cart carrying a wooden statue of baby Jesus before a march in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on Dec. 20, 2012.

    Slideshow: Holiday season lights up

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  • 29
    Nov
    2012
    6:16pm, EST

    Palestinians rally, celebrate as UN upgrades their status

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    Palestinians celebrate in the West Bank city of Ramallaha on Nov. 29 after the U.N. General Assembly voted to recognize Palestine as a non-member state.

    By NBC News and wire services:

    The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution on Thursday giving implicit recognition to Palestinian statehood despite threats by the United States and Israel to punish the Palestinian Authority by withholding funds for the West Bank government.

    A resolution that lifts the Palestinian Authority's U.N. observer status from "entity" to "non-member state," like the Vatican, easily passed the 193-nation General Assembly with 138 nations voting in favor, with 41 abstaining, including the United Kingdom. Nine were opposed. Full Story

    Marko Djurica / Reuters

    A Palestinian man shouts slogans during a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Nov. 29 to support a resolution giving implicit recognition to Palestinian statehood.

    Andrew Gombert / EPA

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, Palestinian Foreign Minister Reyad al-Maliki, right, and other members of the Palestinian delegation react after a United Nations vote on a resolution to upgrade the status of the Palestinian Authority to non-member observer status on Nov. 29.

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    This will certainly make things much more interesting in the West Bank. As Palestine has stated it would do all it could to work one on one towards a peaceful resolution with Israel. Unfortunately, with Hamas leadership presence, it does look like their agenda and latest action is counterproductive  …

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  • 12
    Oct
    2012
    7:51am, EDT

    Alaa Badarneh / EPA

    Olive harvest in a West Bank village

    Palestinian farmers harvest olive trees on the outskirts of the West Bank village of Salem, near the Jewish settlement of Elone Moreh, after passing through a security gate near Nablus on October 12, 2012.

    Israeli soldiers open the gate from 7 am to 5 pm during the olive harvest to reduce the possibility of friction between Palestinians and Jewish settlers in the area.

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  • 10
    Oct
    2012
    12:52pm, EDT

    Majdi Mohammed / AP

    Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers over prisoners

    A masked Palestinian protester hurls back a tear gas canister shot by Israeli soldiers, unseen, during clashes outside the Ofer military prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Oct. 10. The clashes started during a demonstration calling to release prisoners jailed in Israel.

    Related content:

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    • Relatives mourn Palestinian militants killed by Israeli forces
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  • 27
    Sep
    2012
    8:28am, EDT

    Jim Hollander / EPA

    Palestinian workers warm themselves by a fire after crossing from the West Bank into Israel through the Zufim Checkpoint (behind), near Kochav Yair, Israel on September 27, 2012. They will be picked up by Israeli foremen for a day's labor inside Israel and are among the tens of thousands who have permits from Israel to cross from the West Bank and work inside Israel.

    Israel authorizes additional permits for Palestinian workers

    Israel has authorized 5,000 additional permits for Palestinian workers to enter Israel each day for work, as a means of propping up the Palestinian economy, The European Pressphoto Agency reports.

    Earlier this month, protests over the tough economic situation in the West Bank erupted into violence.

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  • 10
    Sep
    2012
    4:19pm, EDT

    West Bank cities erupt in violent protests over escalating prices

    Bernat Armangue / AP

    Palestinian demonstrators throw shoes towards a banner with a picture of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, (not pictured), during a protest against the high cost of living in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Sept. 10. Elsewhere in the West Bank, demonstrators halted traffic with burning tires, schools were closed and store owners shuttered their shops. It was the most serious unrest since the demonstrations erupted last week.

    Darren Whiteside / Reuters

    Palestinian protesters throw shoes at a banner of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad during a demonstration against high living costs and the government in the West Bank city of Hebron on Sept. 10. Palestinian youths attacked a local police station and other government buildings in Hebron on Monday as protests against the rising cost of living in the occupied West Bank turned increasingly violent.

    Abed Hashlamoun / EPA

    Israeli soldiers out on patrol at first light in the divided West Bank city of Hebron, on Sept. 10.

    Mohammed Ballas / AP

    A Palestinian youth covers his face during a protest against the high cost of living in the West Bank town of Jenin, on Sept. 10. Palestinian demonstrators fed up with high prices and unpaid salaries shuttered shops, halted traffic with burning tires and closed schools throughout the West Bank on Monday in the largest show of popular discontent with the governing Palestinian Authority in its 18-year history.

    Reuters -- Palestinian youths attacked a local police station and other government buildings in Hebron on Monday as protests against the rising cost of living in the occupied West Bank turned increasingly violent.

    Several thousand people hurled stones at the Palestinian police station in the city after earlier clashes targeted municipal offices and fire trucks, witnesses said. Riot police fired tear gas to try to chase away the crowds. Several people were wounded, hospital officials said.

    Stone throwing was also reported in Bethlehem and Nablus, while demonstrators set tires alight on main roads into another major West Bank city -- the administrative capital, Ramallah.

    Small-scale protests sprung up last week following a five percent hike in fuel costs, but Monday's violence suggested the spontaneous movement could spiral out of control, posing a major problem for the Western-backed Palestinian Authority (PA).

    Continue reading.

    Darren Whiteside / Reuters

    Palestinians security officers stand in front of protesters during demonstration against high living costs and the government in the West Bank city of Hebron on Sept. 10.

    Bernat Armangue / AP

    Palestinian demonstrators protect themselves from tear gas fired by Palestinian security forces (unseen), during a protest against the high cost of living in the West Bank city of Hebron, on, Sept. 10.

    Abed Hashlamoun / EPA

    Workers inside the municipal building in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Sept. 10, where windows had been broken by Palestinians protesting over the increasing cost of living. Palestinians called a general strike in the West Bank protesting the high cost of living.

    Alaa Badarneh / EPA

    Palestinian protesters throw stones at police attempting to control the streets in the West Bank City of Nablus on Sept. 10. According to reports, some 25 policeman and protesters were wounded in the clashes. Cities across the West Bank ground to a halt as transport unions called a mass general strike in protest over rising petrol prices.

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    shoes must be cheap though.

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  • 21
    Aug
    2012
    6:18pm, EDT

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    Children cast shadows in West Bank

    Palestinian children cast shadows on a wall in the Askar refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Nablus during an Eid al-Fitr celebration on Aug. 21.

    Muslims worldwide celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holidays which mark the end of the Muslims' Holy fasting month of Ramadan.

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  • 28
    Jul
    2012
    10:25pm, EDT

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    Irrigation canal becomes water slide in West Bank

    Palestinians slide in a water canal used for irrigation to cool off as temperatures soar in the West Bank city of Jericho on July 28.

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