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The Palestinian side refuses to implement the provision of the Interim Agreement requiring it to agree the criteria for granting weapons licenses within the Joint Security Committee. In the meantime, the Palestinian side continues to issue weapons licenses, in disregard of its obligation under the Interim Agreement and the Wye Memorandum.

 

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The law passed by the Palestinian side dealing with illegal weapons violates the Interim Agreement in a number of respects. In particular, it permits the import, export and manufacture, and allows the possession, of weapons absolutely prohibited by the Interim Agreement.

C. Palestinian police

 

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The Palestinian side has still not transferred to Israel the list of Palestinian policemen.

 

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The number of Palestinian policemen continues to be considerably larger than the maximum number permitted by the Interim Agreement ( 30,000 ).

d. Incitement

Despite continued incitement there has not yet been one case in which the Anti- incitement decree has been enforced.

e. Unilateral actions

Notwithstanding clear undertakings in Chairman Arafat's letter to Prime Minister Rabin, dated September 9, 1993, the Interim Agreement, the note for the Record and the Wye Memorandum, to resolve all issues related to the final status through negotiations, the Palestinian side has repeatedly stated its intention to unilaterally declare an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital. The United States has stated that it is not only opposed to such a declaration, but that even were it to be made after the end of the interim period it would be " courting disaster ".

f. Interim committees

Despite repeated Israeli calls, the Palestinian side continues to refuse to convene the Legal committee, which is intended to deal with such issues as legal assistance, transfer of suspects, debt collection and so on, as well as the Standing Cooperation Committee ( " People to People " ).

g. Economic issues:

Despite Palestinian undertakings to repay outstanding debts and to deal with the problem of mass car thefts from Israel, no practical steps have been taken by the Palestinian side. Recent attempts by Israel to reconvene the Ad hoc Economic Committee established in the Wye Memorandum have met with no response.

h. Palestinian legislation.

Palestinian legislation is inconsistent with the provisions of the Interim Agreement in many fields. As noted above, the Palestinian side refuses to convene the Joint Legal Committee, one of the frinctions of which is to deal with such discrepancies.

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