Violence Eases Before Palestinian Deployment
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Violence dropped sharply in the Gaza Strip  on Thursday ahead of the planned deployment of Palestinian  security forces ordered by President Mahmoud Abbas to prevent  attacks by militants against Israelis.
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Move comes after weeks of clashes between Israeli forces and militants
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Palestinian police began deploying in southern Gaza on Thursday, Israeli security officials said. The deployment was set for Thursday morning but was delayed for technical reasons.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on  Wednesday vowed a crackdown on armed groups operating in  Palestinian areas in order to smooth the way to a Jan. 9  election for a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Israel has stopped targeting Palestinian militants for death, Israeli security officials said early Wednesday, fulfilling a key Palestinian demand for a truce to end four years of violence.
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There is an air of relief blowing in with the hot sea breeze over the Gaza Strip these days, but it's one salted with worry that factional warfare which ended in victory for Hamas two weeks ago could swiftly return.
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Israel said on Friday it was easing a crushing offensive that has killed more than 100 Palestinians since tanks rumbled into northern Gaza 16 days ago to stop cross-border rocket attacks.
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The new Palestinian leadership has embraced nonviolence, deployed police to keep the peace in Gaza and won pledges from militants to halt attacks on Israel.
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HAMISH ROBERTSON: First this morning to the sound of gunfire and the roar of more than 100,000 Palestinian mourners. Yasser Arafat has been laid to rest in the grounds of his headquarters in Ramallah.
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GAZA CITY -- Palestinians and Israelis moved closer to halting more than four years of bloody violence yesterday, with the new Palestinian leader saying he had made progress toward a truce deal with militants. Israel pledged for the first time to hold fire if calm prevails.
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Palestinian security forces took up  positions across northern Gaza on Friday to curb militant  attacks against Israel as part of new Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas's plan to halt violence and revive peace talks.
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A militant group linked to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' ruling Fatah faction announced Saturday it is ready to stop violence if Israel halts military operations, and Israeli officials indicated that they are considering the idea.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian police commanders began preparations yesterday to take control of four West Bank towns by midweek, after top Israeli and Palestinian officials agreed on a security plan for the West Bank.
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President Mahmoud Abbas ordered security forces to deploy across Gaza on Tuesday after the killing of three young sons of one of his loyalists shocked Palestinians and stoked fears of internal strife.
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Israel will slow a planned pullback from West Bank cities because of Gaza violence that has frayed a de facto cease-fire and raised doubts Palestinians can keep militants in check, officials said on Tuesday.
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GAZA, JanGAZA, Jan. 26  - Palestinian  security forces began deploying in southern Gaza Wednesday to  halt militant attacks on Israelis under orders from new  moderate President Mahmoud Abbas, witnesses said.
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Palestinian leaders appealed for calm, and the clashes were not as intense or as widespread as on Sunday.