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Photos of Palestinian potters preserving a 400-year West Bank tradition
Ahmed Fakhoury, 27, uses a pottery wheel to make clay pots at a traditional pottery workshop in the West Bank city of Hebron, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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By MAHMOUD ILLEAN
HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian potters in the Israeli-occupied West Bank use generations-old skills to make clay wares sold across the territory. Despite rising costs, cheap imports and falling sales, one family is preserving a 400-year tradition.