Byline: LARA SUKHTIAN Associated Press
JERUSALEM -- Israel agreed Friday to withdraw from four more West Bank towns, ending weeks of deadlock with the Palestinians over security issues and putting a troubled U.S.-backed peace plan back on track.
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan reached the deal at a time when the ``road map'' peace plan and a Mideast truce seemed in serious jeopardy because of renewed violence that included two Palestinian suicide bombings this week.
It was not clear how much U.S. pressure helped restart the peace plan.
Under the agreement reached Friday, Israel would …
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