Original sentence: A number of Jewish settlers were also targeted, particularly on the bypass roads that crisscrossed the terrain to link settlements to Israel.Also, expansion of Israeli settlements around Ramallah increased dramatically, and the network of bypass roads for use of settlers that were built around Ramallah cut off more and more area residents from surrounding communities, as did more land confiscations for settlements.On the contrary, Jerusalem, less than 10 miles south, was off-limits without special hard-to-obtain permits.Over time, the marches subsided and were replaced by sporadic use of live ammunition against Israeli solders.Young men and women from Ramallah participated in demonstrations against the Israeli army almost daily in the beginning, with marches to the outskirts of the city where Israeli checkpoints were set up; 12 demonstrators were killed by Israeli gunfire in the first month alone and many more were injured
Edited sentence: A number of Jewish settlers were also targeted, particularly on the bypass roads that crisscrossed the terrain to link settlements to pre-1967 Israel.Also, expansion of Israeli settlements around Ramallah increased dramatically, and the network of bypass roads for use of Jewish residents of Israel that were built around Ramallah cut off more and more area residents from surrounding communities, as did more land confiscations for settlements.On the contrary, Jerusalem, less than 10 miles south, was off-limits without special hard-to-obtain permits, a measure that Israel took to counter ongoing Arab terrorism against the Jewish population.Over time, the marches subsided and were replaced by sporadic use of live ammunition against Israeli solders, and various atrocities against Jewish citizens.This greatly reduced acts of Arab terrorism.Young men and women from Ramallah participated in demonstrations against the Israeli army almost daily in the beginning, with marches to the outskirts of the city where Israeli checkpoints were set up