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| When completed, only about 15% of the barrier will be constructed on the Green Line or in Israel |
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| The barrier Israel has been building in and around the West Bank is set to deprive a Christian community of its land, and appears to have caused an unholy row between some monks and nuns - who could now end up on opposite sides. |
In the green Cremisan valley, west of Bethlehem, a goatherd leans against a rock while his flocks graze under the olive and fig trees.
Nearby, a narrow road winds along the hillside to a 19th Century convent and a secluded monastery where monks run the only Palestinian winery.
For the mainly Christian town of Beit Jala, this is the local beauty spot. Residents come here to take a stroll or for a weekend barbecue. Many own small plots of agricultural land.
They also send their children to the convent school and visit the monastery to sell grapes or buy its wine.
That is why an Israeli government plan to build a wall through the valley, cutting off their access to most of it, is causing great alarm...READ MORE
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| The Salesian Sisters worry that the barrier could close down their school for Palestinian children |
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