ARABS-ISRAEL - Aug. 7 - PA Approves Israeli Plan To Withdraw In Gaza.
PA minister Nabil Shaath Nabil Shaath (Arabic: نبيل شعث) (also spelled Sha'ath, born 1938), a senior Palestinian official, has held the following titles: - Palestinian chief negotiator
- Palestinian cabinet minister
says the PA cabinet gives
"preliminary approval" to an Israeli plan, put forward by
Defence Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, to withdraw to pre-Sept. 2000
lines in the Gaza Strip Gaza Strip (gäz`ə), (2003 est. pop. 1,330,000) rectangular coastal area, c.140 sq mi (370 sq km), SW Asia, on the Mediterranean Sea adjoining Egypt and Israel, in what was formerly SW Palestine. . The Israeli withdrawal will be conditional on
PA security forces cracking down on militants. Some analysts say, if the
withdrawal from Gaza succeeds, the Army may pull out of the West Bank as
well. But Hamas rejected the "Gaza first" formula. PM Sharon
spokesman Raanan Gissin Raanan Gissin is an Israeli analyst that specializes in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
He was senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and a frequent spokesman for the Israeli government on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox. said the PA preliminary approval appeared to
have been timed to gain attention in Washington as Arafat's
delegation arrived there. (The basic terms of the Israeli withdrawal -
after the PA first crack down on militants - have been repeatedly agreed
upon Adj. 1. agreed upon - constituted or contracted by stipulation or agreement; "stipulatory obligations"
stipulatory
noncontroversial, uncontroversial - not likely to arouse controversy and then ignored over in 2001).
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