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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.679122
Signs in the West Bank Point to Cooling Off
(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - Israel is following the policy that served it well since the Second Intifada ebbed a decade ago. A temporary increase of forces, expanded arrest sweeps and efforts to restore close coordination with the Palestinian security forces should achieve the goal, according to Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon. There is no talk of intifada because the army believes the term does not describe events in Jerusalem and the West Bank right now. On Tuesday the IDF identified a clear directive by the Palestinian Authority leadership to its security forces to rein in the violence.