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Israeli cabinet approves agreement on Hebron
JERUSALEM. Jan 1G: The Israeli Cabinet approved early today an agreement with the Palestinians to extend self-rule to Hebron, but only after more than 12 hours of stormy debate and urgent US intervention, officials said, reports AFP.
Tlie agreement was approved by a vote of 11 to seven, in line with projections, government spokesman Shai Bazak said.
Several hours earlier the Palestinian leadership overwhelmingly approved the agreement , reached just before dawn on Wednesday during summit between Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Under the agreement. Israel will withdraw its troops about 80 per cent of Hebron. leaving soldier behind to guard about 400 Jewish settlers living amid the city's 120.000 Palestinians residents. The redeployment will take place by this weekend. Israel radio reported.
A US letter of assurances attached to the Hebron protocol
also reaffirms Palestinian and Israeli obligations to carry out other aspects of a 1995 interim peace accord, including further Israeli troop withdrawals from unspecified West Bank rural areas.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian leadership overwhelmingly approved on Wednesday an agreement with Israel laying out the terms for the handover ■ of most of Hebron to Palestinian rule, officials said.
Officials said only two officials out of 37 voted against the agreement reached before dawn between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and the rightwing government of Israeli Prime. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu .
They were Communications Minister Imad Faluji a former leader of the radical Islamic movement Hamas and Labour Minister Samir Ghoshe.
Three other people participating in the vote, which involved members of Arafat's Cabinet and the PLO Executive
Committee, abstained. Including Justice Minister Freih Abu Middein and Social Welfare Minister Intisar Wazir, the officials said.
AP adds: Cabinet Minister Benny Begin resigned Wednesday to protest the Israeli-Palestinian accord signed earlier in the day.
Cabinet Secretary Danny Naveh. who announced the resignation. said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would try Io dissuade his colleague early Thursday morning. The resignation would only go into effect in 48 hours.
Netanyahu . spokesman Shai Bazak said the prime minister spb^e’ with Begin already following the meeting, but would discuss the Issue with him again on Thursday.
"The Prime Minister said he was sorry for the decision and that especially at this time the forces should be rallying to stand united before the big challenges facing the State of Israel." Bazak said.