Israel can bolster Palestinian moderates by easing conditions, a top U.S. official said. David Welch, the top U.S. State Department envoy to the Middle East, called on Israel to hew to a year-old U.S.-brokered agreement to allow Gaza Strip commerce to traverse through Israel, and to ease roadblocks in the West Bank.
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