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Article: ARABS-ISRAELI RELATIONS - Dec 30 - Israel Rejects Easing Of West Bank Curbs.
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- APS Diplomat Recorder
- Article date:
- January 5, 2008
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Israel says it will not ease restrictions on movement and access for Palestinians in the West Bank unless the Palestinian leadership moved more forcefully against armed groups threatening violence against Israelis. The announcement by PM Ehud Olmert, followed the killing of two Israeli citizens near the West Bank town of Hebron. The victims - off-duty soldiers in their early twenties - were shot by Palestinian militants while hiking in the hills of their home town Kiryat Arba, a Jewish settlement on occupied Palestinian land near Hebron. Speaking before the weekly cabinet meeting, Olmert said: As long as the Palestinian Authority does not take the required measures, with ...