However, there is no specific guidelines for a particular locality to achieve the status of Palestinian city.

"We do not want every Palestinian city to turn into another Sarajevo."

Israelis said that to stop attacks, troops would continue blockading several Palestinian cities.

Instead visitors experience what could be a version of the Palestinian city of the future.

Israelis are bombarding Palestinian cities for the first time in decades.

"We won't let them be in charge of Palestinian cities."

Israeli security services have made large-scale preparations for potential violence on that day, even moving tanks into position around Palestinian cities.

Israeli troops have been in or on the fringes of most Palestinian cities for nearly a year.

There has been little violence since the Israeli troops moved back into these Palestinian cities in recent days.

The settlement apartment blocks crowd closely in upon the Palestinian city.