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19 November 1998
DM MORDECHAI BRIEFS ARMY ON REDEPLOYMENT
(Communciated by Defense Ministry Spokesman)
Following today's cabinet decision, Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai
today (Thursday) 19.11.98, convened the security forces for a briefing on
the first stage of the redeployment as set in the Wye Memorandum. The
Defense Minister authorized the IDF to carry out the first stage of the
redeployment in coordination with the Palestinian Authority. In addition,
he authorized the Coordinator of Activities in the Territories to
implement the plan to transfer civil authority to the Palestinian
Authority in those areas being transferred to their jurisdiction. The
Defense Minister confirmed the signing tomorrow of the protocol to operate
the airport at Dahaniya in Gaza, in accordance with today's cabinet
decision to permit the opening of the airport in the near future.
The discussion also covered the security operations being carried out in
parallel to the implementation of the agreement, with an emphasis on the
paving of bypass roads and operations to increase security for settlements
and their residents in Judea and Samaria.
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