Palestinian police can now fire on Israeli troops who shoot at Palestinian demonstrators, a senior Palestinian Authority official said. Ahmed Abdel- Rahman, the Palestinian Authority’s general secretary, said the self-rule government made the decision after Israel “shot the peace process in the heart” with its missile strikes a day before in Gaza City.
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