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WEST BANK: NABLUS: FUNERAL PROCESSION (V)
Natural Sound
VOICED BY: Tara Ogden
Tens of thousands of Palestinians on Saturday marched behind the flag-draped bodies of four members of Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement killed in a fire fight with Israeli troops in Nablus on...
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East Jerusalem/West Bank - Weekly prayers
Palestinians failed on Friday (30/8) to heed an appeal by their leader Yasser Arafat for a mass pilgrimage to Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, apparently discouraged by tight Israeli security and fears of unrest.
An estimated 15,000 faithful...
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WRAP Injured from shooting treated, reaction
1. Wide shot of ambulance at hospital crowd surrounding
2. Van pulls off
3. Body wrapped in sheet being carried of
4. Ambulance arriving
5. Wide shot of ambulances outside hospital
6. Injured in stretcher being carried into hospital
7....
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VOICED Israeli Army tightens travel bans in West Bank
00:00 Wide of car with bodies
00:05 Close up covered bodies
00:08 Front seat of car
00:12 Baby seat
00:16 Policeman next to car
00:20 Wide of soldier watching road
00:23 Car drives through checkpoint
00:27 Soldiers stopping lorry at...
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(v) MIDDLE EAST: CRACKDOWN ORDERED ON PALESTINIAN UNREST
Hebrew/Nat
VOICED BY: Philippa Meagher
Just days before U-S President Bill Clinton is due to arrive on a peace mission, Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a crackdown on Palestinian unrest.
Clashes in the West Bank...
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ISRAEL: SECURITY OFFICIALS RECOMMEND EASING WEST BANK CLOSURE
English/Nat
Top army officers are reportedly recommending that Israel ease its four-month closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Signs of a move to ease the closure were supported by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said he did...
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Senate hearing on funding of Palestinian gov't in wake of Hamas victory
1. Pan of US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) James Wolfensohn, Middle East envoy:
"If you have a million kids on the street, from schools, with no schools to go to, if there are no health facilities and...
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Peres regrets civilian deaths and airlines cancellations; Ban calls for end to violence
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday there was "no time to lose" in brokering a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
Moon was addressing journalists in Jerusalem alongside Israeli President Shimon...
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Palestinian comment to headlines, shots of barrier
Abu Dis, West Bank
1. Sun rising through barrier
2. Wide shot of barrier near houses
3. Israeli flag next to concrete barrier
Jerusalem
4. Haaretz newspaper with headline reading "Int'l Court rules Israel must pull down 'illegal'...
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Israel freed nearly 200 jailed Palestinians on Monday in a goodwill gesture just hours before U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began her latest peace mission to the region.
HEADLINE: Israel frees Palestinian prisoners before Rice visit
CAPTION: Israel freed nearly 200 jailed Palestinians on Monday in a goodwill gesture just hours before U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began her latest peace...
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Abbas advisor, Hamas welcome French vote on Palestinian statehood, Israel critical
France's lower house of Parliament voted on Tuesday to urge the government to recognise a Palestinian state, in the hope that it would speed up peace efforts after decades of conflict.
The 339-151 vote is non-binding, but it's a symbolic...
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UPITN 20 12 77 PFLP LEADERS GIVE PRESS CONFERENCE ON UN AND SADAT
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine leaders give a press conference where they talk about the United Nations and the meeting between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli leaders which they see as a betrayal.
1. vs of...
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Israel/West Bank- Norwegian Peace Observers
An advanced team of eight Norwegian peace observers visited the West Bank town of Hebron on Thursday (25/4) to meet local officials. The observers will help prepare for Hebron's eventual handover to Arab control. The delegation, headed...
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Israeli, Palestinian and Hamas reax to latest shooting in N Israel
Gaza
1. Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantissi watching television, then sitting down for interview
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Abdel Aziz Rantissi, Hamas leader
"As long as our land is under occupation it is not a matter, we should defend...
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WRAP Israeli PM arrives for summit with Berlusconi, presser
1. Wide Villa Madama
2. Mid of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walking
3. Various of Berlusconi and Netanyahu listening to national hymns
4. Berlusconi and Netanyahu shaking...
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Israel/Gaza/Hebron - Closure Of Border
The Israeli authorities on Monday (18/7) imposed a closure of the
border between Israel and the newly autonomous Gaza after serious
rioting on Sunday by Palestinians resulted in several deaths and
dozens wounded. Israeli border police...
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WRAP Troops, Sharon in Jenin, Erekat, violence in Bethlehem
1. Wide shot of Jenin camp (part of the larger town of Jenin)
2. Houses with damage from shelling
3. Israeli tanks outside damaged buildings
4. Damaged houses and buildings
5. Various of Israeli soldiers patrolling streets of...
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VOICER Israel to bury Jenin dead, Annan calls for protection force
Jenin - April 11 2002
0000 Pull out from rubble on the ground to demolished houses in refugee camp
0006 Mid shot demolished houses
0009 Mid shot rubble
0012 Israeli troops
0014 Armoured vehicle
0021 Demolished house and pan to people...
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GNS WRAP Aftermath, hospital, eyewitnesses, reaction
Rosh Haayin
1. Zoom in to rescue workers
2. Security guards open gate to the mall
3. Various shots of destruction
4. Emergency workers
5. Close up of rescue dog
6. Pan of shops damaged by bomb
7. Forensic team running to shop
8....
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Senior Hamas leader makes unexpected public appearance
1. Hamas spokesman Abdel Aziz Al Rantisi being interviewed
2. Cameraman
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdel Aziz Al Rantisi, Hamas spokesman:
(Question: Is Hamas ready to talk about a new truce with Abu Ala (Ahmed Qureia)?)
"As you know, we...
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US secretary of state meets Israeli FM, official luncheon
1. Various of photo op with US Secretary of State, Colin Powell and Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Israeli Foreign Minister, Silvan Shalom:
"We talked, of course, about the ways to make progress between...
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USA: WASHINGTON: PALESTINIAN SPOKESWOMAN HANAN ASHRAWI VISIT
English/Nat
Palestinian spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi is blaming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for blocking the Middle East peace process by courting Israeli right-wing groups.
Speaking in Washington, D-C, Friday, Ashrawi...
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Obama meets Palestinian President Abbas, says path to Mideast peace is challenging
President Barack Obama said on Monday that a Middle East peace solution remained elusive but that he was hoping to see progress in the coming days and weeks.
Obama spoke as he sat down with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Oval...
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Former diplomats criticize Bush over Middle East policy
Washington DC - 04 May 2004
1. Wide shot of former US ambassadors and state department officials seated at briefing
2. Richard H. Curtiss, former chief inspector of the US Information Agency and co-sponsor of letter
3. Medium shot of...