Israel Plans to Grab Less West Bank Land for Barrier
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Israeli planners have redrawn the  route of a planned barrier in the southern West Bank to avoid  grabbing occupied land, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on  Monday.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel began building a new section of its separation barrier in the southern West Bank yesterday, days after two Palestinian suicide bombers from the area carried out the deadliest attack in nearly a year.
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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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Israel's attorney general urged the government Thursday to swiftly reroute its barrier in the occupied West Bank to minimize the risk of international sanctions after the World Court deemed the project illegal.
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Israel has begun construction work on the southern section of its controversial West Bank separation barrier. At least two bulldozers could be seen on Sunday levelling land around the village of Sikka, 15km from the city of Hebron.
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Israel says it will erect a fence along the Egypt border to stop possible infiltration by Palestinian militants.
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Israel has plans to build a security trench in the Gaza Strip that could demolish hundreds of Palestinian homes.
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GAZA CITY, Sept. 4 -- Israel's high court ordered the military Tuesday to reroute the separation barrier near the West Bank village of Bilin, the scene of sometimes rowdy weekly demonstrations against the project that Israeli and Palestinian activists say helped bring about their rare legal victory.
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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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JERUSALEM -- Israel announced yesterday that it would curtail offensive operations against Palestinians in response to President Mahmoud Abbas's efforts to halt attacks on the Jewish state, marking a significant step toward a full-scale cease-fire between the two sides.
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Israel has quietly seized large tracts of Jerusalem land owned by Palestinian residents of the West Bank after they were cut off from their property by Israel's separation barrier, lawyers of the landowners said.
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Israel plans to build a new Jewish  settlement in the West Bank that could house settlers evacuated  from the Gaza Strip after a withdrawal this summer, Israeli  officials said Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed  Wednesday to changes in the route of Israel's West Bank barrier  but insisted on keeping key Jewish settlement blocks inside,  political sources said.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will seek to lower expectations for sweeping, rapid-fire breakthroughs on Palestinian statehood in talks with visiting envoys starting on Tuesday, officials said.
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JERUSALEM - Responding to a Supreme Court order, Israel plans to re-examine a 125-mile section of its West Bank barrier that was built months ago, Israeli media reported Sunday.    According to the reports, the state's attorney told the judges at a High Court hearing Sunday that the northern section of the barrier - part of which surrounds the Palestinian town of Qalqilya with concrete walls - will be re-examined...
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Israel will likely begin a crackdown on Jewish settler outposts in the occupied West Bank when U.S. President George W. Bush visits the region next week, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's deputy said on Friday.
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Israel plans to rezone land within existing settlements to allow for the construction of another 533 housing units, most of them close to Jerusalem, Israeli officials said today.