Concord Monitor · Concord, New Hampshire · 13 August 1997

CP-1997-017

Palestinians feel backed into a corner

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“‘We reject pressure on the Palestinian Authority,’ said Amin Maqboul, a senior Fatah leader in the West Bank… barred from traveling to jobs in Israel, and merchants and farmers…”

Context added by this archive

Said Ghazali for the Associated Press. Closure, named through what it does to the people who cannot get to work.

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"Palestinians feel backed into a corner," Concord Monitor, 13 August 1997. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1997-017. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1997-017

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