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Introducing Israel & the Palestinian Territories
Travel Alert: The security situation in Israel remains extremely uncertain, particularly in the border areas around the Gaza Strip and southwest Israel, and along the border with Lebanon. Check travel advisories and news services before travelling. See Safe Travel for updated government warnings and the BBC for the latest news updates.
Israel, or Palestine depending on your politics, is one of the world’s oldest travel destinations. Everyone from Moses to Mark Twain has dreamed of going there. The appearance of prophets seems to be dwindling and the Crusaders have long since hung up their swords and shields, but travellers still come in droves, almost magnetically, to this land still considered holy by countless millions.
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Latest headlines for Israel & the Palestinian Territories
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Israel must stay 'deep in Golan'
10 July 2009 1:24PM
An aide to Israel's PM says the country must retain a large part of the Golan Heights, rejecting Syria's major demand for a peace deal.
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Water shortages plague West Bank
9 July 2009 9:50AM
A West Bank mother blames dirty water for her son's illness as Palestinians and the World Bank say Israel takes most of the precious resource.
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'Law must thwart' Israeli barrier
8 July 2009 3:35PM
International aid group Oxfam demands the "triumph of the rule of law" over Israel's barrier inside the West Bank.
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