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Church Of Nativity Expellees Prefer West Bank Jail To Gaza

The Church of the Nativity expellees, whom Israel transferred from the West Bank to Gaza during Operation Defensive Shield in 2002, have submitted a request to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to have them returned to the West Bank, even to prison in Jericho or Ramallah, instead of leaving them in Gaza.

Source: Al-Quds Al-Arabi, London, August 27, 2008

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