The PA announced on Friday that it had agreed to an American request to renew security cooperation with Israel. Amin al-Hindi, head of the PA\'s intelligence service, said that Arafat would agree to hold meetings on this topic in the presence of American representatives. Arutz-7\'s Haggai Huberman notes that throughout the years of \"security cooperation,\" the only beneficiary was the Palestinian Authority. \"Although the chief purpose was the prevention of terrorist attacks,\" Huberman writes in HaTzofeh, \"Israel never received any advance information from the Palestinians. The information always went from Israel to the PA - and then sometimes the PA would take action to stop the attackers. Israel\'s security levels noticed two years ago that when the PA received information from Israel, the first thing the Palestinians would do was to try to figure out how Israel got the information. Only afterwards, if at all, would they take action.\"
Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon denied today a report in Ma\'ariv that he had sent Yossi Ginosar as an emissary to the PA. Ma\'ariv reported that Ginosar, who owns a share in the PA\'s casino in Jericho, was sent to persuade the Palestinians to resume their security cooperation with Israel. Sharon said that Ginosar does not and did not work on his behalf, and that he will not send an emissary who has financial connections with the Palestinian Authority.
Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon denied today a report in Ma\'ariv that he had sent Yossi Ginosar as an emissary to the PA. Ma\'ariv reported that Ginosar, who owns a share in the PA\'s casino in Jericho, was sent to persuade the Palestinians to resume their security cooperation with Israel. Sharon said that Ginosar does not and did not work on his behalf, and that he will not send an emissary who has financial connections with the Palestinian Authority.