Israeli officials increased security for Prime Minister Ehud Barak after Jewish settlers threatened him for planning to transfer additional portions of the West Bank to the Palestinians. Barak said at the weekly Cabinet meeting that he respects the settlers’ movement, but that no attack could stop the peace process.
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