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Thursday, November 17, 2005
Text: Palestinian Official: No live video feed from Rafah (despite agreement)

Agreement says:
"-A liaison office, led by the 3rd party, will receive real-time video and
data feed of the activities at Rafah and will meet regularly to review
implementation of this agreement, resolve any disputes arising from this
agreement, and perform other tasks specified in this agreement."
Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing - General
http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/Archive/2005/Nov/15-381874.html

Palestinian official says:
"Meanwhile, the director of borders and crossings, Salim Abu Safiyyeh,
asserted that there won't be any live video streams to the Israeli side via
the surveillance cameras installed in Rafah terminal, pointing out that even
the joint control room will not receive these live feeds, and will be only
for the presence of the third party that will monitor the borders."

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Italian General Heads European Observers at Rafah Terminal
www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/details.asp?name=11835

GAZA, Palestine, November 17, 2005 (IPC + Agencies) -[Official PA website] -
The European Union's High Representative for Common Foreign and Security
Policy, Javier Solana, said an Italian security officer will be heading the
EU mission to Rafah border terminal that will include 75 observers.

Solana added that Major-General Pietro Pistolese, who worked before as part
of the Temporary International Presence in the city of Hebron (TIPH), will
oversee the EU's mission to Rafah border, working in three shifts around the
clock.

" We will be about 50 - 70 people, policemen, border experts, from different
countries. They will be headed by a general from the Italian Carabinieri,
who will be appointed shortly," Solana said on Wednesday, revealing that the
general was Pistolese.

Last week, EU foreign ministers have given a preliminary approval to appoint
an EU mission to help monitor the borders in Gaza Strip, but they were
waiting for an agreement to be reached between the Israelis and Palestinians
about reopening Rafah terminal.

Cristina Gallach, Spokesperson for Solana, said that EU foreign ministers
are supposed to approve this first EU security mission in the Middle East
during a meeting next Monday.

Meanwhile, the director of borders and crossings, Salim Abu Safiyyeh,
asserted that there won't be any live video streams to the Israeli side via
the surveillance cameras installed in Rafah terminal, pointing out that even
the joint control room will not receive these live feeds, and will be only
for the presence of the third party that will monitor the borders.

Abu Safiyyeh explained that buses will travel between the Gaza Strip and
West Bank on November 25 through a safe passage.

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