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Unit 16 Israeli Palestinian Conflicts Section A 1. bulldozers 2. truce 3. shelling 4. abduction5. clashes militia 6. detained burst 7. militant halt 8. gunmen motorists 9. mortar fire 10. activists Section B 1. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbass ruling Fatah Party has successfully defended a political challenge from the militant group Hamas with a victory in West Bank municipal elections.2. International donors have pledged 500 million dollars in aid for Palestinian territories . The pledges came at the end of a one-day conference of donor nations in the Swedish capital of Stockholm.3. For the second evening in succession the Israeli Air Force has lauched a missile attack on a car carrying Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip , killing a member of the armed group , the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades,and wounding another.4. An eight-year-old Palestinian girl has been killed by Israeli artillery fire in the northern Gaza Strip . Twelve people, including five of the girls brothers and sisters and her pregnant mother, were injured when an Israeli shell crashed through the roof of the familys home in the town of Beit Lahiya.5. Fighting has broken out between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip as Israel expands an operation in the Palestinian territory seeking to stop rocket attacks on its towns and cities.Key C D B B A Section C Item 1 In his first major act since returning to work after a stroke , the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has instructed his countrys security forcesto implement immediately a plan establishing a buffer zone in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli officials said Palestinians will be excluded from the area to stop militants from firing rockets into troops in Gaza to remain in position. Israel says more than 200 rockets have been fired from northern Gaza since its forces withdrew in Septimber.Key 1. D G 2. F I 3. A C 4. B Item 2 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called on rival Palestinian factions to stop the fighting that has claimed at least 10 lives since Sunday . In the Saudi city of Jedda today Rice said innocent Palestinians have been caught in the fighting, which has occurred in the Gaza Strip and West Bank . Late Monday in Jedda , Rice held talks with Saudi King Abdullah. Jedda was the first stop of a Middle East tour aimed at exploring ways to restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Rice is now in Cairo where she is due to meet with the foreign ministers of Egyptian President the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council. She will hold separate talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.Key task 1F F Key 1. presence 2. show off 3. credit 4. flags 5. seashore 6. off-limits7. barbed wires 8. scavenged 9. whatever 10. empty synagogues item 2 A day-long Israeli siege of a Palestinian prison in the West bank city of Jericho is over . At least two Palestinians were killed , and the prison is in ruins after Israeli forces raided the jail and seized militants accused of assassinating an Israeli Cabinet minister . The attack set up protest across the Palestinian territories. NPRs Eric Guaschvawt repots. Under a unique agreement , British and U.S.monitors wversaw the imprisonment of Ahmed Saadat , the leader of the Popular Front fro the Liberation of Palestine and other PFLP militants accused in carrying out the assassination of Israels tourism minister in 2001 . But the Western monitors pulled out today, citing repeated failures by the Palestinian Authority to improve security and fully enforce the agreement . Minutes after the monitors pulled out ,Israeli forces blasted their way into the prison with tanks and armored bulldozers to try to take custody of the militants. Late in the day , the last prisoners including Saadat surrendered. Newly-elected Hamas members denounced the raid , which sparked a series of violent protests and the kidnappings of at least nine foreigners in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank . This major Israeli incursion into a Palestinian city comes just two weeks before Israeli elections.Eric Guaschvawt,NPR News,Jerusalem.Key task 1 C B Task 2 T T F F T T T F Item 3 Israel plans to build 117 new housing units in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, VOAS Larry James has this report from Jerusalem . The Israeli Defense Ministry confirmed Tuesday that the construction of 117new apartments has been approved by Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz. The statement said the prime minister and the defense minister have ordered that construction move ahead. Prime Minister Ariel Sharons office confirmed the construction plans . Deputy Defense Minister Zeve Boim said during a tour of Ariel on Monday that some 3,000 homes are to be built in Ariel .Mr. Sharon has vowed that settlement growth will continue in the West Bank . although Israel is requirede to freese all settlement activity under terms of the internationally backed Roadmap peace plan .Ariel is one of the largest Jewish settlements in the West Bank with some 17,500 residents. Mr. Sharon has vowed those large enclaves would remain in Israeli hands even in a future peace deal. Larry James, VOA News, Jerusalem.Key 1. Israel plans to build 117 new housing units in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. 2. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon 3. Monday. He said some 3,000 homes are to be built in Ariel. 4. Israel is required to freeze all settlement activities.5. He has vowed that those large enclaves would remain in Israeli hands even in a future peace deal.Section E 1. Mil