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Palestinian who tried to stab soldier killed: army AFP 02/12/2010	West Bank Attack Kills Israeli Soldier ISABEL KERSHNER The New York Times 02/11/2010
HEBRON, West Bank — Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian as he tried to stab a soldier in the West Bank on Friday, the army said, only days after a Palestinian policeman stabbed a soldier to death.	JERUSALEM — An Israeli soldier was killed Wednesday in the northern West Bank by a Palestinian police officer, the Israeli military said. It was a rare instance of violence that occurred at a delicate time, with the Israeli and Palestinian security forces trying to build mutual trust.
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Israeli forces detain Spanish, Australian pro-Palestinian activists DIAA HADID The Washington Post 02/08/2010	Israeli Supreme Court lifts West Bank road ban for Palestinians Al Jazeera 12/29/2009
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israeli troops broke down the door of an apartment in the Palestinian-ruled West Bank town of Ramallah on Sunday and arrested two pro-Palestinian activists from Spain and Australia, their roommate said.	Israel's supreme court has ordered the military to allow Palestinians to travel on part of a major highway that runs through expropriated Palestinian land in the West Bank.
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Big Crowds Celebrate Christmas Eve in Bethlehem Robert Berger VOA News 12/24/2009	Israel Tries Less-Disruptive Tactics in West Bank CHARLES LEVINSON The Wall Street Journal 10/10/2009
Thousands of people have attended Christmas Eve celebrations at the birthplace of Christianity in Bethlehem.	BET EL MILITARY BASE, West Bank -- Israel's military, taking a page from the Pentagon's counterinsurgency playbook, has changed tactics in the West Bank by emphasizing improvements in Palestinian living conditions, rather than focusing solely on killing and capturing militants.
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West Bank Settlement Plans Strain Peace Efforts CHARLES LEVINSON The Wall Street Journal 09/08/2009	Israeli Prime Minister to Approve West Bank Homes Prior to Freeze Calev Ben-David Bloomberg.com 09/04/2009
MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank -- Jewish settlers scuffled with Israeli peace activists in the West Bank on Monday hours after Minister of Defense Ehud Barak approved plans for 455 housing units in the territory, adding to the tension surrounding what has become the most contentious issue of the Obama-led peace process.	Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will approve building thousands of new homes in West Bank settlements next week prior to freezing construction there, said a senior government official.
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Israeli troops kill Palestinian boy in West Bank BBC News 09/01/2009	US denies deal on Israeli settlements; Israel to allow 24-hour West Bank crossing 07/08/2009
A Palestinian youth, 15, has been shot dead by Israeli forces in an incident outside a settlement near the West Bank town of Ramallah.	The United States on Wednesday denied an Israeli report that it had agreed to the continued construction of 2,500 housing units in West Bank settlements.
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