Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli troops at the Hawara checkpoint near Nablus Sunday, the same day Israeli officials announced they would remove about nine percent of the roadblocks in the West Bank. During her visit to the Middle East, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Israeli and Palestinian officials Sunday and Monday, assessing US-backed negotiations before President Bush's visit in May. FSRN's Ghassan Bannoura reports: