ARABS-ISRAEL - Jan 25 - Israel Studies Train Link Between Territories.Israel is weighing a proposal to link 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. and West Bank by a train that will allow Palestinians to travel between the territories without posing a security threat. Officials said Vice-Premier Shimon Peres plans to ask the World Bank to help raise funding for the project if it is approved, seeing a train link as a way to counter charges that Israel will effectively maroon maroon, term for a fugitive slave in the 17th and 18th cent. in the West Indies and Guiana, or for a descendant of such slaves. They were called marron by the French and cimarrón by the Spanish. Gaza Palestinians when it quits quits adj. On even terms with by payment or requital: I am finally quits with the loan. [Middle English, probably alteration (influenced by Medieval Latin the occupied strip later this year. Israeli and Palestinian officials were not immediately available to comment on the train proposal, which appeared to be a retread re·tread tr.v. re·tread·ed, re·tread·ing, re·treads 1. To fit (a worn automotive tire) with a new tread. 2. of the "safe passage" road between the West Bank and Gaza enshrined in 1993 interim Middle East peace accords. That road was closed off soon after negotiations stalled and a Palestinian uprising erupted in September 2000, with Israeli officials citing concern it could be used by suicide bombers. The train line would be at least 100km long, and the source said it would run through the Israeli port of Ashdod  The Port of Ashdod is Israel's main cargo port, processing approximately 60% of Israeli marine cargo. , to allow Palestinians access to sea trade. |
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