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| | International Middle East Media Center - Report: Israel plans to imprison five Palestinian villages near Jerusalem in ... |
 | | According to a report released Thursday by Israeli human rights group B'tselem, Israeli authorities plan to run a barrier around five Palestinian villages northwest of Jerusalem, and imprison them in an enclave that will separate them from East Jerusalem and neighboring Palestinian villages. |
 | | The five villages in the enclave are Beit Hanina al-Balad (1,400 residents), Bir Nabala (6,100), al-Jib (4,600), al-Judeira (2,100), and Qalandiya (1,200), which have a total population of more than 15,000 persons. |
 | | The B'tselem report notes that specially great injury will be caused to residents of Beit Hanina al-Balad, which will be divided, leaving one part, referred to as New Beit Hanina, inside Jerusalem's municipal boundaries, and thus inside the state of Israel. |
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