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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101117/pl_afp/israellebanonconflictsyriaunwithdrawus
U.S. Applauds Israel for Approving Lebanon Border Pullout
(AFP) The U.S. welcomed Wednesday's approval by Israel's security cabinet of plans to withdraw troops from Ghajar, a disputed village on the Lebanese border, and cede control to UN peacekeepers. The village, which has around 2,200 residents, was seized from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed by Israel in 1981. Most of the residents now hold dual Israeli and Syrian citizenship, and the vast majority are against partitioning the village, with angry villagers calling for protests against the move.