Friday October 4, 2002, Ramallah, West Bank, Israel

Palestinian policeman in Yasser Arafat office in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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Friday November 15, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel

Ramadan

Tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers pray inside the Dome of the Rock, part of the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan .

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Friday October 4, 2002, Ramallah, West Bank, Israel

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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Friday November 22, 2002, Bethlehem, Israel

Suicide Bomber

An Israeli army demolition squad blow up the recent residence used by Palestinian suicide bomber Nael Abu Hilail, 23, who blew himself up on a packed Israeli bus in Jerusalem a day earlier, killing 11, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem.

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Friday November 15, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel

Ramadan

Tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers pray inside the Dome of the Rock, part of the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan .

Credit: Atta Awissat / Polaris

Sunday September 29, 2002, Ramallah, West Bank

End Of Arafat Headquarter Siege In Ramallah

Palestinian gunmen leave a damaged building in Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah Sunday Sept. 29, 2002. Responding to US pressure, Israel withdrew its forces from Arafat's compound in Ramallah on Sunday, but said it would continue its 11-day siege of wanted Palestinians inside from a distance.

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Tuesday April 30, 2002, Bethlehem, West Bank, Israel

Manger square in front of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, Twenty-six people filed out of the church, the largest group to leave in the four-week-long standoff between Israeli troops and Palestinian fighters taking refuge in the shrine.

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Thursday April 25, 2002, Bethlehem, Israel

Israeli soldiers in Manger Square where the Church of the Nativity compound is located in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Nine youths walked out of the church accompanied by two monks and carrying two corpses out on stretchers. It was the largest group to leave the church in the three-week standoff.

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Friday November 22, 2002, Bethlehem, Israel

Suicide Bomber

Palestinian family and friends pass by the recent residence used by Palestinian suicide bomber Nael Abu Hilail, 23, who blew himself up on a packed Israeli bus in Jerusalem a day earlier, killing 11, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem.

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Friday November 8, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel

Ramadan

Tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers pray inside the Dome of the Rock, part of the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan . According to police estimates, about 50,000 Muslims participated in the prayers in Jerusalem Friday.

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Saturday October 12, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel

Demonstrations At Kubsa Checkpoint

Israeli policemen scuffle with demonstrators at the Kubsa checkpoint in east Jerusalem . About 200 Palestinian and Israeli peace activists demonstrated against the closure of Jerusalem for Palestinians from the West Bank.

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Friday October 4, 2002, Ramallah, West Bank, Israel

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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Friday November 15, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel

Ramadan

Tens of thousands of Muslim worshippers pray inside the Dome of the Rock, part of the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan .

Credit: Atta Awissat / Polaris

Sunday September 29, 2002, Ramallah, West Bank

End Of Arafat Headquarter Siege In Ramallah

Palestinian gunmen leave a damaged building in Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah Sunday Sept. 29, 2002. Responding to US pressure, Israel withdrew its forces from Arafat's compound in Ramallah on Sunday, but said it would continue its 11-day siege of wanted Palestinians inside from a distance.

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20020314, West Bank, Israel

Alleged Israeli Collaborators Slain By Palestinian Gunmen

A Palestinian gunman looking at the body of an alleged collaborator in the West Bank town of Bethlehem . Palestinian militiamen killed two alleged collaborators with Israel and attempted to hang the body of one from a rooftop overlooking the traditional birthplace of Christ but were prevented by Palestinian police.

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Sunday September 29, 2002, Ramallah, West Bank

End Of Arafat Headquarter Siege In Ramallah

Palestinian gunmen leave a damaged building in Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah Sunday Sept. 29, 2002. Responding to US pressure, Israel withdrew its forces from Arafat's compound in Ramallah on Sunday, but said it would continue its 11-day siege of wanted Palestinians inside from a distance.

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Sunday September 29, 2002, Ramallah, West Bank

End Of Arafat Headquarter Siege In Ramallah

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat talks to reporters at his office in the West Bank town of Ramallah Sunday Sept. 29, 2002. Responding to US pressure, Israel withdrew its forces from Arafat's compound, but said it would continue its 11-day siege of wanted Palestinians inside from a distance

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Sunday September 29, 2002, Ramallah, West Bank

End Of Arafat Headquarter Siege In Ramallah

Palestinian gunmen peer from the windows of a damaged building in Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah Sunday, Sept. 29, 2002 shortly after Israel army troops left the area. Responding to US pressure, Israel withdrew its forces from Arafat's compound, but said it would continue its 11-day siege of wanted Palestinians inside from a distance.

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Sunday September 29, 2002, Ramallah, West Bank

End Of Arafat Headquarter Siege In Ramallah

Palestinian gunmen leave a damaged building in Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah Sunday Sept. 29, 2002. Responding to US pressure, Israel withdrew its forces from Arafat's compound in Ramallah on Sunday, but said it would continue its 11-day siege of wanted Palestinians inside from a distance.

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Sunday September 29, 2002, Ramallah, West Bank

End Of Arafat Headquarter Siege In Ramallah

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat prays at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday Sept. 29, 2002, shortly after Israeli army forces withdrew from the area. Responding to US pressure, Israel began withdrawing its forces from Arafat's compound, but said it would continue its 11-day siege of wanted Palestinians inside from a distance.

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Sunday September 29, 2002, Ramallah, West Bank

End Of Arafat Headquarter Siege In Ramallah

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Sunday September 29, 2002, Ramallah, West Bank

End Of Arafat Headquarter Siege In Ramallah

Credit: Atta Awissat / Polaris

Sunday September 29, 2002, Ramallah, West Bank

End Of Arafat Headquarter Siege In Ramallah

Israeli tanks passes a destroyed building at Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday Sept. 29, 2002, as Israeli army forces withdrew from the area. Responding to US pressure, Israel began withdrawing its forces from Arafat's compound, but said it would continue its 11-day siege of wanted Palestinians inside from a distance.

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Monday September 23, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel

A Palestinian couple residing in Ramallah where the Israeli Army imposed a curfew had to travel to East Jerusalem to get married. They returned to Ramallah crossing the Kalandiya checkpoint in their wedding attire.

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Wednesday May 15, 2002, Ramallah, West Bank, Israel

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat delivers his speech at the Palestinian legislative council in the West Bank City of Ramallah, May 15, 2002. Arafat, responding to widespread pressure for changes in the Palestinian leadership, called for sweeping reforms of the Palestinian Authority and preparations fo elections

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Thursday May 2, 2002, Ramallah, West Bank, Israel

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat inspects the damage in his headquarters in Ramallah after the Israeli soldiers left

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Saturday April 27, 2002, Bethlehem, West Bank, Israel

A Palestinian gunman that was wounded, is taken out of the nativity church in Bethlehem.

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Thursday April 25, 2002, Bethlehem, West Bank, Israel

Israeli soldiers in Manger Square where the Church of the Nativity compound is located in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Nine youths walked out of the church accompanied by two monks and carrying two corpses out on stretchers. It was the largest group to leave the church in the three-week standoff.

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Friday March 1, 2002, Nablus, West Bank, Israel

Relatives mourn as they carry the body of Palestinian policeman Mohammed Qassem during his funeral in the West Bank town of Nablus 01 March 2002. Qassem was killed 28 February in the Israeli incursion into the Balata refugee camp outside Nablus. Nineteen people have been killed since Israel's hunt for suspected militants in Balata and the Jenin refugee camp began 28 February.

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