Next door, in the West Bank, some Palestinians are living the high life in Ramallah.
Sir Vincent had gone to the university near Ramallah to meet students and give a lecture.
Turmus Aya is just 10 miles from the Palestinians financial and political capital Ramallah.
Karin Laub in Ramallah and Ian Deitch and Josef Federman contributed to this report.
The BBC's Jon Donnison in Ramallah says Israeli officials will likely be pleased with the outcome.
After the prayer a march started and went through the city of Ramallah and al-Bireh.
My other son came to tell me that the city of Ramallah was under closure.
Nine voted against and 41 abstained, including the UK. Fireworks erupted in Ramallah with the news.
The 45-minute journey from Ramallah to Nablus now takes Birzeit's supply trucks four or five hours.
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Qaddoura Fares, one of Fatah's younger leaders in Ramallah, lets out a short, dry laugh.
She reassured Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas last week in Ramallah that what she wants is a serious international meeting.
In a cafe in Ramallah I meet Randa Wahbe, part of a group called Palestinians for Dignity.
President Bush went to Muqata'a, the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah in the West Bank.
Ms. LIALI TARTERE (Ramallah Resident): (Through translator) The first year of my marriage here was the most difficult.
Four men had been travelling in an unmarked car that was somehow apprehended on a street in Ramallah.
She says all she wants is to live a normal life in Ramallah.
Ramallah, their administrative capital, is bristling with new buildings, electronic and liquor shops and various spin-offs of foreign aid.
Mr Obama also briefly visited Ramallah in the West Bank to meet Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority.
After Mr Bush left Ramallah, the Israeli army put back the barricade that usually blocks the road that he used.
This year's festival also included one event in Ramallah in the West Bank and one in Cairo, Egypt, on May 11.
Later in the day he is due to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Sheik Jamal Tawil, 40, is the imam of the Grand Mosque in Beituniya, a district of Ramallah in the West Bank.
Waed is a 20 year old student at Birzeit University in Ramallah studying Commerce and established an event-management company called Teen Touch.
He was the first journalist to interview the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, after Israeli troops lifted a siege on his Ramallah compound in May 2002.
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Speaking at a news conference in Ramallah, Qaraqe demanded an international investigation.
The Israeli army said they were army reservists who had taken a wrong turning and blundered into Ramallah where their car was apprehended.
In so doing, it brought in Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres and brought the country the Oslo process and Yasser Arafat in Ramallah.
Our conversation brought in a 21-year-old Palestinian student, Karma Abu Ayyash, who watched the speech on television in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Mr Kerry is expected to return to Jerusalem and Ramallah on 21 and 22 May for separate talks with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
The UNESCO office in Ramallah has been implementing projects to preserve cultural heritage in the Palestinian territories since it was established in early 1998.
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