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New Israeli settlement in West Bank town near Bethlehem threatens the Christian presence in Palestine

Israeli soldiers and police officers at the former Israeli military base, Ush al-Ghurab, at the edge of Beit Sahour outside of Bethlehem in February 2010. (Photo: Najeh Hashlamoun/APA Images)Israeli settler groups have begun bulldozing Palestinian lands in the town of Beit Sahour to make way for a new settler outpost. The settlement threatens the existence of the largest remaining Christian community in the West Bank, residents say.

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