JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. "President-elect" Joe Biden talked over the phone on Tuesday and agreed to meet soon, Netanyahu's office said.

Netanyahu spoke with Biden in a "warm conversation," said a statement issued by the Israeli prime minister's office. (Israel-U.S.-Biden)

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ANKARA -- The Turkish Parliament Tuesday passed a motion to allow the deployment of Turkish troops in Azerbaijan for monitoring a cease-fire agreement over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The motion gives the government a one-year mandate to send the troops whose number will be determined by the president. (Turkey-Azerbaijan-Deployment)

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RAMALLAH -- Three Palestinians and an Israeli policeman were injured on Tuesday during clashes in the north of Jerusalem, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources.

The three Palestinians were wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets in clashes with the Israeli soldiers in the Qalandia refugee camp north of Jerusalem, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement. (Palestine-Israel-Clashes)

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RAMALLAH -- A Palestinian official announced on Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has resumed the relationship with Israel.

In a press statement sent to Xinhua, Hussein Al-Shaikh, head of civil affairs in the PA, said that "based on the contacts made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas regarding Israel's commitment to the agreements signed with us, and based on the official written and verbal messages we have received confirming Israel's commitment to that, we restored the relationship with Israel as it was." (Palestine-Israel-Relations) Enditem

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