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A Piece Of The Peace.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)

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Byline: Kevin Peraino; With Joanna Chen in Yitzhar and Nuha Musleh in Hebron

The one thing Mideast talks are producing is more settlements.

Hazem Maali's only warning was his wife's clipped scream. The 34-year-old Palestinian salesman was driving his family through the stony hills and olive groves of the northern West Bank, on their way to a wedding. As they sped past the turnoff for the Israeli settlement of Yitzhar, a Frisbee-size chunk of asphalt came crashing through his windshield. His wife, six months pregnant, started to vomit; blood poured from her head. Only when Maali screeched to a stop at a nearby Israeli Army checkpoint did he pivot to check ...

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