{"id":5116,"date":"2009-07-09T12:22:09","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T16:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=5116"},"modified":"2009-07-09T12:22:09","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T16:22:09","slug":"more-on-jenin-this-week-on-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/more-on-jenin-this-week-on-now\/5116\/","title":{"rendered":"More on Jenin, This Week on NOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jenin was once one of the most dangerous places in the West Bank &#8212; the source of many suicide bombers going into Israel, and one of the most heavily-occupied cities in the occupied territories.<\/p>\n<p>But today, Jenin is the center of an international effort to build a safe and economically prosperous Palestinian state from the ground up. 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