U.S.officials have put pressure on the Israeli government to halt construction of settlements in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.

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Schanzer says the only other option for Israeli would be for Hamas to relinquish its control of the Gaza Strip and allow for a new, unity government to control both Gaza and the West Bank.

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Last weekend a cacophony reverberated through Ramallah, the Palestinian seat of government in the West Bank, as protesters outside the newly fortified walls of his headquarters called on drivers opposed to talking to Israel to hoot.

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Mitchell, the Obama administration's special envoy to the Middle East, made the remarks after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, the Palestinian Authority's seat of government in the West Bank.

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The remains of 79 Palestinians were delivered to the seat of the Palestinian government in Ramallah, West Bank, where Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas presided over an official military ceremony.

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