Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas has chaired a meeting for the PA national security council yesterday in Gaza city during which practical steps were approved on uniting the different security apparatuses into three main bodies. The conferees, who grouped commanders of all security bodies, also emphasized the importance of deploying PA security forces along the borders of the Gaza Strip with the 1948 occupied lands. The council issued a statement affirming that the main reason for the step was restoring general discipline to the Palestinian street and ending the state of chaos. It also asked the "Israeli" government to resume negotiations over implementation of the roadmap peace plan tabled by the USA. The council proposed a reciprocal declaration of non-violence, an end to settlement drives, knocking down the separation fence, releasing all detainees, allowing the return of deportees and re-opening PA offices in eastern Jerusalem among other things.