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The economy of this Palestinian village depended on Israel. Then the checkpoint closed

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NILIN, West Bank — Count the rings of the gnarled olive trees dotting Mohammed Mousa’s land in the West Bank village of Nilin: They’ve been here centuries, far before the Palestinian family’s livelihood came to depend on the whims of Israeli occupation. When Israel established a checkpoint near the Mousas’ land a decade ago, the … Read more

Netanyahu and Hamas depended on each other. Both may be on the way out.

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Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave JERUSALEM — In 2009, when Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power for a second run as Israel’s prime minister, a job he has held almost continuously since, he was confronted with a major change in the region: Hamas, a militant Islamist group, had been elected to power in … Read more