Despite the PLO-sponsored terror that has plagued Israel over the past week, Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer held talks with top Palestinian Authority officials, last night. Representing the PA were Abdel Razzak al-Yahya, who holds the PA’s Interior portfolio, and Mohammed Dahlan, a security adviser to Yasser Arafat. Dahlan was behind the October 2000 attack on a school bus in Kfar Darom that left two Israelis dead and maimed three children of the same family.
During the meeting the three discussed Ben-Eliezer’s “Gaza first” plan, which would involve Israel transferring security control over to the PA in certain Gaza areas, and if effective to other areas throughout Yesha (Judea, Samaria, and Gaza). Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has given his blessing to the proposal.
During the meeting the three discussed Ben-Eliezer’s “Gaza first” plan, which would involve Israel transferring security control over to the PA in certain Gaza areas, and if effective to other areas throughout Yesha (Judea, Samaria, and Gaza). Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has given his blessing to the proposal.