Grab, seizing 1,000 acres of the west bank near bethlehem, the biggest grab in 30 years. The problem, many palestinians live there. Reports claim israels move is payback. In june three jewish teens were kidnapped and killed by hamas in that area. Many worry this could hurt peace talks. Consider strengthening the palestinian authority, israel is showing its harder side. A new staggering stat. It will take 20 years to rebuild gaza following the recent conflict. The price tag, 6 billion. Also developing this morning, lawmakers are turning up the heat on president obama to take action against isis militants in syria. This latest call to action comes as u. S. Air strikes continue to target isis in iraq. Im joined by nbcs tracie potts in washington. All right, tracy morgan tracie, can you tell us about this push for the president to act . Reporter the concern, and we heard quite a bit of this over the weekend, betty, the concern is this threat from isis is not going away. It could get worse.
Dicey truce just got dicier. Israel goes on a massive land grab, seizing 1,000 acres of the west bank near bethlehem, the biggest grab in 30 years. The problem, many palestinians live there. Reports claim israels move is part payback. In june three jewish teens were kidnapped and killed by hamas in that area. Many worry this could hurt peace talks. Consider strengthening the Palestinian Authority versus hamas, israel is showing its harder side. And a new staggering stat. It will take 20 years to rebuild gaza following the recent conflict. The price tag, 6 billion. Also developing this morning, lawmakers are turning up the heat on president obama to take action against isis militants in syria. This latest call to action comes as u. S. Air strikes continue to target isis in iraq. Im joined by nbcs tracie potts in washington. All right, tracie, can you tell us about this push for the president to act . Reporter well, betty, its a because theres a lot of concern that doesnt seem to be goin
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