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May 2, 2013

Israeli court OKs construction of barrier through Salesians' property

Father Ibrahim Shomali gives Communion to Martin Rau of Germany during an outdoor Mass in an olive grove outside the Salesian Monastery in Beit Jalla, West Bank, Jan. 18. A planned routing of the Israeli separation barrier could isolate the monastery fro m the people it serves.

JERUSALEM - An Israeli court has approved the construction of the Israeli separation barrier along a route that will nearly surround a convent and its primary school and confiscate most of their land on the outskirts of Beit Jalla, West Bank.

Published in International