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Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20060316-111939-8680r.htm
Palestinian Violence Forces Foreigners Inside
(Washington Times) Joshua Mitnick - Foreign nationals who work in the West Bank are remaining out of sight until local outrage against Westerners subsides, after Israel's seizure of a group of high-profile Palestinian militants from a jail in Jericho. The precautionary measures are a sign that the assaults, common in the Gaza Strip, have become a concern in cities such as Ramallah, which has a sizable presence of foreigners. Ramallah rioters broke into the building of the British Council and assaulted the local headquarters of the London-based HSBC bank. "In Ramallah, we've never had things like this. This was kind of an alarm signal," said Thomas Birringer, the local representative to the PA from Germany's Konrad Adenauer Foundation.