January 15, 2012

Palestinian and Israeli negotiators hold a 3d round of preliminary talks in Jordan. No details are released. (WP 1/17)

The IDF patrols in 3 villages nr. Jenin, 2 nr. Ramallah, and 1 nr. Salfit during the day; conducts late-night arrest raids, house searches in ‘Ayn Bayt alMa’a r.c. nr. Nablus, in Jenin, and nr. Qalqilya (including rearresting 1 Palestinian freed in the 10/2011 Shalit prisoner release). Jewish settlers fr. Tal Rumayda settlement in Hebron set fire to a nearby Palestinian vehicle. (PCHR 1/19; OCHA 1/20)