Olmert curbs West Bank building
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has barred new construction work, building planning and occupancy tenders at West Bank settlements without his approval, documents show.
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Israeli settlers in the West Bank have blocked an Israeli army attempt to dismantle a Jewish settler outpost near the city of Nablus.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - A deadly Palestinian attack  in the West Bank drew a threat from Israel Saturday to scrap a  promise to limit military operations on the eve of a  presidential election to pick a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Israel&#39;s president has strayed from the government line by proposing a halt to construction of a controversial West Bank barrier if a durable ceasefire is reached with the Palestinians.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon signaled that he is dropping what was once his key demand for resuming peace talks - a Palestinian crackdown on militant groups.
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The Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the government to re-route a section of its West Bank separation barrier, a defeat for the state after a 2 1/2-year legal battle that turned this village into a flashpoint of opposition to the contentious structure.
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Israeli forces evacuated two makeshift settlement outposts in the West Bank on Wednesday, a step to remove a major obstacle to peace talks with Palestinians
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert balked on Thursday at a total freeze in settlement activity as demanded by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli officials said.
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The Bush administration has withheld comment on Israel&#39;s approval of 1,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
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Israel prevented Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh returning to Gaza from a trip abroad on Thursday to stop him bringing in money donated by Muslim states.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved building tenders for 1,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank frozen earlier to avoid upsetting the United States, political sources said on Thursday.
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NABLUS, West Bank -- Israel clamped down yesterday on this West Bank city for the second time in a week, confining tens of thousands of people to their homes as troops moved house to house in search of wanted militants.
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Armed militants forced the closure of Palestinian parliament buildings in the West Bank town of Jenin.
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Israel will sharply reduce its  military operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in response  to efforts by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to end  attacks on Israelis.
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JERUSALEM -- The government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert issued bids yesterday to build 700 homes in the West Bank, its largest settlement construction project since taking office in May.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejects calls for a swift end to the Lebanon blockade, after talks with the UN chief.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has ordered the Housing Ministry not to unilaterally issue any additional building permits on occupied land in the West Bank, Israeli officials said on Friday.