Israel Says Security Eased for Election
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Israeli army officials said that they had stopped most search-and-arrest operations against Palestinian militants and were easing security restrictions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to allow Palestinians greater freedom to vote Sunday for a new president.
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Israel wants to establish a 1.2-mile-wide strip in south Lebanon that will be free of Hezbollah guerrillas, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday, giving the dimensions of a new "security zone" for the first time.
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Israeli PM says his country Israel will &#39;maintain calm&#39; in absence of Palestinian militantsâ attacks. JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel would &quot;maintain the calm&quot; in the absence of attacks
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Israel began easing a tight closure that aid officials had warned could lead to a health and food crisis.
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Israel's military has begun scaling back arrest raids aimed at Palestinian militants in the West Bank, security officials said Monday, in another move designed to help moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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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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JERUSALEM - Israel tightened security around Arab East Jerusalem and stopped thousands of West Bank Palestinians from praying at the revered Al-Aqsa mosque on the first Friday of Ramadan, but no violence was reported.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon made a dramatic entrance into Israel's parliament yesterday surrounded by a large phalanx of bodyguards, as security officials voiced concern for his safety before a parliamentary vote on his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell won a cautious pledge from Israel Monday to ease its military grip over Palestinian areas in order to make possible an election to replace the late Yasser Arafat.
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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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Israeli officials said it was a gesture to Egypt for freeing a convicted Israeli spy, and to the new Palestinian leadership ahead of next month&#39;s Palestinian elections.
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Israelâs Shin Bet security service has tightened protection of the prime minister, MPs and parliament ahead of next weekâs crucial vote on a Gaza withdrawal.
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Israel plans to pull troops out of Palestinian cities for a Jan. 9 presidential election to pick a successor to Yasser Arafat, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Monday.
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Israeli leaders told Secretary of State Colin Powell on Monday that they will do their utmost to allow Palestinian elections to take place, including easing travel restrictions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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Israel has pledged it would do all it can to help a smooth election to choose a successor to the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, including allowing Arabs in occupied and annexed east Jerusalem to vote.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Members of the Quartet  of Middle East peace mediators urged Israel Tuesday to ease  restrictions on Palestinians ahead of January elections to  choose a successor to late President Yasser Arafat.
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Israel is prepared to turn over security responsibilities in the northern Gaza Strip to Palestinian forces well ahead of a planned withdrawal from the area in mid-2005, Israeli security officials said today.