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Israel, PA Discussing Gradual Cease-Fire
(Maariv) Ben Caspit - Ongoing contacts between the prime minister's bureau chief Dov Weisglass and PA Interior Minister Hani al-Hassan are designed to achieve a cease-fire agreement. In the first phase, the Palestinians are to take responsibility for northern Gaza, from where Qassam missiles are being launched at Israel, and afterwards central and southern Gaza. In the second stage, Palestinians will resume responsibility in Nablus and Bethlehem, with the third stage including Ramallah and Hebron. According to the draft, the PA will "clean these areas of terrorists and terror," and Israel will withdraw its forces to positions they held before the outbreak of violence.