(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - Intensive negotiations to reduce the level of violence from Gaza are continuing. Prime Minister Netanyahu canceled a scheduled trip to Colombia, saying that he had to monitor the situation in Gaza; cabinet minister Yuval Steinitz predicted that "we are on the way to a long-term arrangement with Hamas"; Israel took the unusual step of permitting Salah Arouri, a Hamas official who lives abroad and is suspected of involvement in terrorist activity in the West Bank, to enter Gaza to participate in consultations there. Israel also allowed the entry of equipment for a big water desalination plant in Gaza.
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