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Israeli Cabinet approves controversial section of security barrier.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Michael Matza
JERUSALEM _ The Israeli Cabinet on Wednesday approved a controversial section of the $1 billion security barrier that's under construction in the West Bank, but left at least temporary gaps in it to mollify the Bush administration's concerns that the fence prejudges border negotiations for a future Palestinian state.
Voting 18-to-4, with one abstention, the Cabinet approved the section of the fence east of the Jewish settlement of Ariel, about 12 miles into the predominantly Palestinian West Bank from the "green line" that was Israel's border with Jordan until 1967. Ariel, the second largest settlement in the West Bank, is home to 18,000 Israelis.
The proposal adopted Wednesday does not, however, authorize a connection between the newly approved section and ...
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