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Israel Proposes Safe Passage Between West Bank and Gaza Strip to be Included in Territorial Exchange
understood that Israel will have sovereignty over the route but the Palestinians will control it.
But the route will only come into being if the Palestinian Authority, under the leadership of President Mahmoud Abbas, resumes control over the Gaza Strip, Ha'aretz said.
According to Ha'aretz the proposal would be beneficial to Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad - the promise of renewed links between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank are likely to win them support in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
However, the agreement of principles will not demarcate the specific areas which are to be handed back to the Palestinians in exchange for the land taken by Israeli settlements.