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Palestinian security gets a feminine touch
Ilene R. Prusher, The Christian Science Monitor , Nov 21, 2008

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Palestinian police surround the house of suspected militants and knock, demanding to be let in. Normally, they'd kick in the door if it didn't open immediately, but today they have the thing that every home is said to need: a woman's touch. As part of a new Palestinian Authority (PA) security initiative, this unit, like every Hebron unit that searches houses, has two female officers to bring a gentler side to long-stigmatized house raids. [Read the full article]

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