Israel’s Security Cabinet approved a limited plan to set up buffer zones between Israel and the West Bank to prevent infiltrations by Palestinian militants. The Security Cabinet could decide, on a case-by-case basis, to make areas off-limits to Palestinians except those who live there, and would permit troops to arrest nonresidents.
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