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GAZA, Sept 1 (KUNA) -- Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai has ordered
security authorities to facilitate granting licenses for arms possession for
the Jewish settlers living in the West Bank, Israel Radio said on Wednesday.
The radio station said the minister gave these orders against the backdrop
of the Tuesday armed attack that claimed lives of four settlers in the West
Bank town of Hebron.
The attack was claimed by Izz-Eddine Al-Qassam, the military wing of the
Islamic movement Hamas. It was widely condemned as "untimely" in shadow of
current direct peace negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders --
under US sponsorship. (end)
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