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By Los Angeles Times | August 9, 1995
JERUSALEM -- Israeli and Palestinian leaders have overcome a major hurdle in negotiations for expanding Palestinian self-rule by setting a general timetable for Israel's troop withdrawal from parts of the occupied West Bank.Yesterday's agreement for a staged Israeli army redeployment over 18 months marks the biggest breakthrough since the two sides began marathon negotiations about three weeks ago to continue implementing the 1993 Israeli-Palestinian peace accord, but it leaves many important issues unresolved.
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By New York Times News Service | August 5, 2007
JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials said yesterday that Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, would meet tomorrow with the prime minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, in the West Bank city of Jericho. An Israeli government spokesman could not immediately confirm the date or location of the proposed meeting but said that one would take place "very soon." A gap was already becoming apparent, though, between Palestinian expectations and Israel's stated intentions regarding what the meeting would cover.
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By NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE | October 1, 2005
JERUSALEM -- As preliminary results in some municipal elections in the West Bank showed the militant group Hamas making political gains, Israel continued its weeklong offensive against Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Israeli forces killed two wanted men in a raid near Nablus yesterday and seriously wounded another, while also killing a young Palestinian who was throwing stones, witnesses said. In the six days since Israel's operation began in response to rocket fire from Gaza, Israel has arrested 441 alleged members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the West Bank and killed at least five in raids, with three militants killed Thursday near Jenin.
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By Los Angeles Times | May 16, 1994
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher, in a move that will bolster Palestinian hopes for an independent state in the West Bank, said yesterday that he will travel to Jericho this week to meet with the newly established Palestinian self-governing authority there.By making the unusual visit, only days after a Palestinian police force replaced Israelis in the West Bank town, Mr. Christopher said he hopes to boost the Palestinians' confidence and trumpet the first concrete results of their long-running peace negotiations.
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By NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE | September 20, 1996
JERUSALEM -- The Israeli authorities have approved plans to build nearly 4,000 homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, putting into practice a government decision to end restrictions on expanding settlements there and in the Gaza Strip.Palestinians say the land allotted for the new buildings was confiscated from neighboring Arab villages.But the settlers assert that it was bought by Jews.Pub Date: 9/20/96
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By New York Times News Service | July 31, 2007
JERUSALEM -- A number of Palestinians who have fled war-torn Iraq will be allowed to come to live in the West Bank, Israeli officials said yesterday, presenting the decision as the latest in a series of gestures meant to bolster the moderate Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas. At the same time, the officials emphasized that the terms of entry will be designed to avoid setting any precedent regarding other Palestinian refugees of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and their descendants and their long-standing claim of a right of return.