Negotiations are under way to send an international observer force to the West Bank and Gaza Strip to try to reduce the ongoing violence there, according to media reports. Officials familiar with talks that involve European, Israeli and Palestinian representatives have been quoted as saying that Israel does not object to such a move.
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