An Israeli soldier gives a "V" sign from a Palestinian house that
Israeli army reoccupied it one night after they left it after they
occupied it for more than a year in the west bank village of Salem near
Nablus March 18, 2002. Israelis and Palestinians appeared to be edging
closer to a cease-fire Monday that could result in Israel withdrawing
its troops from Palestinian-run areas as Vice President Dick Cheney
arrived to bolster U.S. mediation efforts. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini
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