Picture 1Picture 1 - A Palestinian woman carries her son through

a West Bank quarry in an effort to avoid an Israeli checkpoint. The quarry, known to locals as "Tora Bora,"

is located in Kalandia, a town halfway between Jerusalem and Ramallah. Prior to the Israeli invasion of the West Bank in April, the quarry was a popular way of avoiding the soldiers and the hassles of the checkpoint. Since April, the trail has been shut down and regularly

patrolled by Israeli forces.

Picture 2Picture 2 - The pedestrian plaza on Ben Yehuda Street in central Jerusalem used to be a popular thoroughfare for Israelis. But after a series of suicide bombings in 2001 and early 2002, people stopped coming. Here one of the many soldiers stationed around the city sips his coffee while standing guard in April 2002.

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Palestinians scale walls and hold up banners and flags during a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the Israeli military's incursion into the West Bank in April 2002.

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The Manahe Yehuda market in Jerusalem is filled with Jews from all over the world shopping for the upcoming Sabbath. The market is one of many popular areas targeted by Palestinian suicide bombers.

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Two women survey some of the destruction in the Old City of Bethlehem in April after Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen clashed in the streets. Israeli forces ruptured water mains and ransacked apartments searching for suspected terrorists in the city.

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In an effort to prevent further suicide attacks, Israeli police set up checkpoints in Jerusalem's fashionable German Colony neighborhood in April 2002.

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After the Israeli invasion in April, the streets of Nablus, another Palestinian city on the West Bank, were empty except for Jawad Safadi and his father, Assad. They came out of their home carrying a white flag in hopes of being allowed to go to the hospital so Assad could get medical treatment.

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In the West Bank city of Ramallah, an Israeli soldier warily watches for Palestinian gunmen on the city's deserted streets. After a series of suicide bombings the spring of 2002, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) invaded and occupied Palestinian towns on the West Bank.

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Palestinians emerge from the Casbah in the city of Nablus, the site of fierce gun battles between Palestinian militants and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The Israeli army used loudspeakers to broadcast a message encouraging people to surrender. Those who turned themselves in were interrogated at a nearby girls school. Some were arrested but most were later released.

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An injured Israeli soldier takes a rest after patrolling the streets of the West Bank city of Ramallah. The military action, which interrupted an almost daily string of suicide bombings, proved popular with the Israeli public.

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A Palestinian fighter sits on a bench in Manger Square in Bethlehem, one of many who congregated in the area to resist the Israeli Army's incursion in April 2002. Many took refuge in the nearby Church of the Nativity and held out for a month while surrounded by Israeli forces. The fighter's headband says "Al Aqsa Martyr's Brigade," a Palestinian faction that has claimed responsibility for suicide bombing attacks.

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Family members mourn the death of Tiran Arazi in the city of Hadera. Arazi was one of 13 Israeli soldiers killed in fierce fighting in the West Bank town of Jenin in early April 2002. Arazi died when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in a building, which then collapsed, burying Arazi and 12 other soldiers. It was the single largest loss of life suffered by the Israeli army in the 18 months since the intifada started.

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Young Orthodox Jews look at the scene of a suicide bombing in their neighborhood of West Jerusalem in April. The blast, which killed six people and injured at least 70, occurred on the day that U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell met with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

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Relatives and friends gather for a wake at the home of Andaleeb Taqtaqah, 20, who blew herself up in a crowded Jerusalem market, killing six other people and herself. Having lived under Israeli occupation for five decades, many Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza regard suicide bombings as a legitimate tactic of national resistance.

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A man prays towards Mecca on the side of a dirt track outside of Ramallah. In May 2002 Palestinians observed the 54th anniversary of what they call the naqba, catastrophe, in which most Palestinians lost their homes and lands to the emerging state of Israel.

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After observing the holiday of Shavuot, which requires staying up all night, two students sleep standing up near the Western wall in Jerusalem

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