Posted on 06/15/2003 12:36:22 PM PDT by SJackson
The Knesset will conduct a session on the Road Map tomorrow, at the behest of Meretz MK Zahava Gal'on. She obtained the necessary 40 Knesset Member signatures in order to hold the session. Prime Minister Sharon will deliver a diplomatic announcement during the course of the session, and a vote will be conducted.
It will be recalled that when the Cabinet voted three weeks ago to approve the Road Map by a 12-7 margin, with four abstentions, it resolved at the same time "that the implementation of the plan will take place contingent upon the 14 comments that Israel submitted to the Americans." MK Gal'on told IMRA's Dr. Aaron Lerner today that the debate is "not actually a deliberation regarding the 14 points" and that she does not have the authority to demand that Sharon provide them. The 14 points have yet to be officially published, but they can be summarized as follows:
1) There must be no terrorism or incitement during the process. The PA will dismantle the existing security organizations and will form new organizations to combat terror, violence and incitement. In the first phase of the plan and as a condition for progress to the second phase, the PA will complete the dismantling of terrorist organizations and their infrastructure, etc.
2) Full performance will be a condition for progress between phases and for progress within phases. Attention will be paid not to timelines, but to performance benchmarks (timelines will serve only as reference points).
3) The emergence of a new and different leadership in the Palestinian Authority within the framework of governmental reform; this is a condition for progress to the second phase of the plan.
4) The monitoring mechanism will be under American management.
5) The character of the provisional PA state will be determined through negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and Israel. The provisional state will have provisional borders and certain aspects of sovereignty. It will be fully demilitarized, will have only police and internal security forces of limited scope and armaments, and will not have authority to undertake defense alliances or military cooperation. Israel will control the entry and exit of all persons and cargo, as well as of its air space and electromagnetic spectrum.
6) Declared references must be made to Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state and to the waiver of any right of return for Palestinian refugees to the State of Israel.
7) The end of the process will lead to the end of all claims, and not only the end of the conflict.
8) The future settlement will be reached through agreement and direct negotiations between the two parties, in accordance with the vision outlined by President Bush in his 24 June address.
9) There will be no involvement with issues pertaining to the final settlement. Among issues not to be discussed: settlement in Judea, Samaria and Gaza (excluding a settlement freeze and illegal outposts), and the status of the Palestinian Authority and its institutions in Jerusalem.
10) The removal of references to UN Resolution 1397, the Saudi Initiative and the Arab Initiative adopted in Beirut. A settlement based upon the Roadmap will be an autonomous settlement that is valid on its own. The only possible reference should be to Resolutions 242 and 338, and then only as an outline for the conduct of future negotiations on a permanent settlement.
11) Promotion of the reform process in the PA: a transitional constitution will be composed, a legal infrastructure will be constructed, and cooperation with Israel in this field will be renewed. International efforts to rehabilitate the PA economy will continue, and the American-Israeli-Palestinian agreement will be implemented in full as a condition for the continued transfer of tax revenues.
12) The deployment of IDF forces along the September 2000 lines will be subject to the absolute quiet noted above, and will be carried out in keeping with the new circumstances and needs.
13) Subject to security conditions, Israel will work to restore Palestinian life to normal.
14) Arab states will assist the process through the condemnation of terrorist activity. No link will be established between the Palestinian track and other tracks (Syrian-Lebanese).
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One of the more complete renditions of the 14 points, which GWB say's he'll take into consideration.
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