THE West Bank is no place for principles. ''Of course I don't like building houses for the settlers,'' says Palestinian construction worker Haitham Asfour. ''But what choice do I have?'' As the rumble of bulldozers in Jewish settlements across the West Bank this week signalled an end to Israel's 10-month construction freeze - bringing the nascent Middle East peace talks to the brink of collapse - not all Palestinians could afford to be outraged. Mr Asfour, one of 25,000 Palestinians who depend on the settlers for a living, is one of them.
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