Israel said to stop targeting militants
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JERUSALEM -- Israel has stopped targeting Palestinian militants for death, according to Israeli security officials, fulfilling a key Palestinian demand for a truce to end four years of violence.
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Palestinian militant groups offered Israel to stop firing rockets into the Jewish state in exchange for a cessation of all attacks on the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, an official said on Thursday.
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Israel reversed course yesterday and said it might coordinate next year&#39;s Gaza Strip pullout with the Palestinian Authority if the Palestinians crack down on militants, a sign that
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered the army to hunt down Palestinian militants after 16 people were killed in back-to-back suicide bombings by the militant Islamic Hamas group.
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The Israeli prime minister ordered all officials to cease contact with the Palestinian Authority until it curbs terrorism.
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Israel struck back with missiles at Gaza  Strip militants Monday after five Israeli troops were killed in  a resurgence of violence that has dented hopes of peace after  Yasser Arafat's death.
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Armed groups are urged to end attacks on Israel, as Ariel Sharon threatens to crack down on Palestinian militants.
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Israel declared the Gaza Strip an "enemy entity" on Wednesday and said it would reduce its fuel and power supplies to the Hamas-run territory in response to rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.
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Israeli troops killed five Palestinian militants in gun battles Monday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sought to dampen rising pressure for a referendum on his plan to withdraw from occupied Gaza.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, saying the new Palestinian leadership is "not lifting a finger" to stop militants' attacks against Israelis, ordered the Israeli military on Sunday to take "any action" necessary to halt terrorism.
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Israel signaled on Saturday it could  ease back military operations against Palestinian militants if  they halted attacks, but the guerrillas said only a full  Israeli cease-fire could stop fighting.
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Israel dismisses early rocket fire as hiccups but warns it will retaliate if  attacked by Palestinian militants
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Israel has decided to resume diplomatic contacts with the Palestinians after cutting them off for almost two weeks over a bombing in the Gaza Strip, a senior Israeli official said Wednesday.
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The Palestinian leader orders his security forces to prevent militant attacks on Israelis, officials say.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon apparently has softened his stance that Palestinians must crack down on militants before he will restart peace talks, but Palestinian leaders on Friday said Sharon should go further and drop all
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JERUSALEM - Israel unveiled a new tactic yesterday aimed at deterring Palestinians from firing rockets out of the Gaza Strip: It will cut off Gaza's electricity bit by bit as a pressure tactic every time rockets hit Israeli territory.
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Israel ordered its army to stop offensive operations in the Gaza Strip and scale them back sharply in the West Bank.