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US sets tough deadlines for IsraelDemands made for removal of checkpoints, support of PABy ICEJ News For Israel, the document sets a precise schedule for removing security checkpoints, opening travel corridors in the West Bank, and supporting armed forces loyal to Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Israel is also strongly encouraged to approve Palestinian request for food, industrial equipment, and weapons. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is scheduled to arrive in the region on May 15 to discuss the plan. Israeli defense officials believe that the benchmarks create security risks and have objected to several issues in the document, especially the demand to increase the openness of passages into and out of Gaza and the removal of many roadblocks in the West Bank. Israel has not responded officially to the document and a cabinet discussion on the topic was postponed on Thursday. |
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