Work began on an Israeli security barrier around the West Bank settlement of Ariel. “The tractors have started working,” Mayor Ron Nachman told Israel Radio on Monday. The fence is going up east of the city, as well as around the nearby settlements of Kedumim and Emmanuel.
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