(Ha'aretz) Ze'ev Schiff - PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has begun to implement his promise to collect weapons from Palestinians on Israel's wanted list. In Jericho, the suspects have handed their weapons in to the PA and pledged in writing not to return to terrorism, and in Tulkarm, implementation is in an advanced phase. Israel has handed over security control of both West Bank cities to the PA. The lack of full Palestinian implementation of the weapons agreement has led Israel to refuse to withdraw from three additional West Bank cities it had been planning to transfer to the Palestinians. Israel has also asked the PA for the serial numbers of the weapons the suspects have handed in to the authority, but has yet to receive these.
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