Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai said his country’s security forces were prepared for a possible increase in violence in the West Bank as a result of the breakdown of the implementation of the Wye agreement. The violence that preceded President Clinton’s visit and which left four Palestinians dead has subsided in recent days.
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