Israeli troops clashed Saturday in Bethlehem with Palestinian stone-throwers protesting Jewish settlement activity. No one was reported injured in the clashes, which came two days after widespread protests in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that were part of a “Day of Rage” urged by the Palestinian Authority to get Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak to rein in on settlements.
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