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| Saeb calls for outside observers... |
| 2002-08-26 |
| Top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat called for international observers to monitor both sides of the joint security plan for a phased Israeli withdrawal in exchange for a Palestinian crackdown on militants. "I call for international observers to overlook the Israeli withdrawal from reoccupied Palestinian areas and guarantee the Palestinian Authority will assume its responsibilities in all fields," Erakat told AFP on Monday. They keep trying to get outsiders involved in this hoe-down, don't they? The two sides last week agreed on a plan for a gradual withdrawal from areas reoccupied since the beginning of the intifada 23 months ago, in exchange for Palestinian efforts to rein in militants there. The army pulled out of the southern West Bank town of Bethlehem but has since frozen plans to extend its withdrawal to other towns, prompting the Palestinians to accuse Israel of backing out of the deal. 'Course that was after the Paleos refused to lift a finger to control the hard boys, which was supposed to be their end of the deal... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |