Israel Agrees 'In Principle' to W.Bank Pullback-Official
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A powerful Palestinian security figure told Reuters on Thursday that Israel had agreed "in principle" to withdraw forces from West Bank cities and give Palestinians policing rights in these areas.
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Israeli Cabinet ministers on Thursday approved the release of 900 Palestinian prisoners and a military pullout from the West Bank town of Jericho within days in overtures intended to improve the climate ahead of next week's Mideast summit.
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Israeli troops could pull back from  several West Bank cities within days, pending the outcome of  further talks with the new Palestinian leadership, Defense  Minister Shaul Mofaz said Sunday.
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Cabinet ministers accepted a plan yesterday to gradually withdraw soldiers from five West Bank cities and eventually release about 900 Palestinian prisoners as part of a package of measures to be presented to Palestinian leaders at a summit next week aimed at reviving the long-stagnant peace process.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on   Monday he had put his plan for an Israeli pullback from parts   of the occupied West Bank on hold following a war in which Arab   militants rained rockets on the Jewish state.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  and Labor Party leader Shimon Peres reached a deal on Thursday  that appeared to clear a final obstacle toward forming a unity  government that would press ahead with a Gaza pullout.
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ISRAELI Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz today ordered a closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the upcoming Jewish holidays, a ministry spokeswoman said.
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Israel approves a plan to free hundreds of detained Palestinians and to pull troops out of West Bank cities.
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Israel&#39;s parliament made a historic decision in backing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s plan to withdraw settlers from the Gaza Strip and four small West Bank settlements.
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Israeli leaders approved on Thursday a troop pullback from West Bank cities and a plan to release Palestinian prisoners, measures crucial to the success of an Israeli summit with the Palestinians in Egypt next week.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon clinched  a coalition deal with a key Israeli religious party on  Wednesday that he said would allow him within days to form a  government capable of pushing through his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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JERUSALEM Sept. 14, 2004 - Israeli Cabinet ministers approved cash advances Tuesday of up to $115,000 to Jewish settlers willing to leave their homes in the Gaza Strip and West Bank the first concrete step
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&quot;The &#39;Disengagement Plan&#39; explicitly confirms the Israeli government intentions regarding the unlawful annexation of West Bank land..&quot;. By the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. The announcement of a unilateral
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Israel's cabinet agreed on Sunday to free dozens of Palestinian prisoners in a move meant to show goodwill ahead of elections to replace Yasser Arafat, officials said.
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Israel is determined to go ahead with its unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip - regardless of the death of Yasser Arafat and even if settlers resist - a top Israeli general who helped design the plan says.
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JERUSALEM - A senior Israeli official confirmed yesterday that a series of steps to restart the peace process had been agreed by Israel, the Palestinians and Egypt.
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JERUSALEM Dec 30, 2004 - Israel should withdraw from more of the West Bank after a small-scale pullback set for 2005, Israel&#39;s vice premier said in an interview published Thursday one of the first indications of Israel&#39;s long-term intentions.