A senior Middle East analyst with the International Crisis Group in Jerusalem,Rob Blecher, says frustration over continued expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, and the general lack of progress toward achieving a Palestinian state,has prompted the Palestinian leadership to look for new strategies.

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

Basel is a city in Switzerland, where the Bank for International Settlements is.

巴塞尔是瑞士的一个城市,国际清算银行就在那里

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