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Reaffirming that achieving a just,
comprehensive and lasting peace is the political priority in the
Middle East, Desirous to find the effective means to end the current
crisis, and in order to re-launch the Peace Process on the right
track, by correcting the deficiencies of the negotiating process,
Jordan and Egypt propose the following:
First: Steps to end the current crisis
between Israel and the Palestinian Authority:
In implementation of the understandings
reached at the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit that convened on 16 and 17
October 2000, and working towards the return to the state that
prevailed prior to September, 2000:
(1) Both parties shall undertake, in one
week from this agreement, concrete steps on each side to diffuse the
current crisis, end confrontation, and restore calm.
(2) Ending the military, (financial), and
economic siege, and the blockade on the free movement of materials
and food supplies, imposed in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza
Strip, as well as refraining from the use of internationally
prohibited weapons. This shall be implemented during the same period.
(3) In parallel, Israel shall withdraw all
its military forces, tanks, armored vehicles, and weapons from their
current positions in and around Palestinian cities, villages, and
refugee camps to their locations that existed in September 2000.
(4) Immediate release and transfer of all
outstanding arrears to the Palestinian Authority.
(5) In parallel to the implementation of all
the above-mentioned steps, the Political/Security Committee at the
high officials' level shall convene to monitor this implementation.
Second: Confidence Building Measures:
In the light of the current climate of
distrust, both parties will adopt measures aiming at restoring trust
and confidence between the Palestinian and Israeli peoples, through
resuming the faithful implementation of their commitments as agreed
on or stipulated in the signed agreements, including:
a) The immediate resumption of implementing
all articles of the Sharm El-Sheikh memorandum signed on 5 September, 1999.
b) Total and immediate freeze of all
settlement activities including those in East Jerusalem.
c) Mutual implementation of all security commitments.
d) The protection of all holy places and
religious sites.
e) Mutual implementation of all other
commitments as agreed upon by both parties.
Third: Rebuilding the negotiating process on
the Palestinian Track:
In conjunction with the confidence building
measures and the previously mentioned steps in item "First"
which aims at ending the current crisis, both parties shall decide to
resume work on all items on the agenda for the permanent status
negotiations including: Jerusalem/ Palestinian Refugees/Borders/
Settlements/ Security/ Water/ all other basic issues, with no
exception or prejudice according to signed agreements with the aim of
implementing fully Security Council Resolution 242 and 338. Both
Parties agree that they will conclude these negotiations within one
year from the date of their resumption.
The negotiations between both parties must
be based on the need to preserve and develop the progress that has
been achieved during the period from November 1999 until January
2001, including all rounds of bilateral negotiations, the Camp David
Summit and its aftermath, until the Taba round of negotiations on
21-28 January 2001.
Fourth: To guarantee the adherence of both
parties to the strict and faithful implementation of the above
mentioned items, it is proposed that the sponsors of the Peace
Process, the European Union, Egypt, Jordan and the Secretary General
of the United Nations shall monitor this implementation and its progress.
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