Israel to receive $50-80m of PA aid


Haaretz
 Date: 02-05-05

Israel will get $50-80 million of the special aid package U.S. President George Bush promised the Palestinian Authority. The money will go to build innovative border crossings between the territories and Israel, containing advanced technology for checking cargo and people.

Bush last week promised the Palestinians $350 million. Israel's border crossing plan involves upgrading the three existing terminals in the Gaza Strip (Erez, Karni and Sufa), and building new terminals in the West Bank, at a cost of $180 million. The Defense Ministry has already begun work on the Jalameh crossing near Jenin and the Sha'ar Efraim crossing near Tul Karm, and will shortly begin construction in Tarqumiya near Hebron. Two more crossings near Ramallah and Bethlehem have not been approved yet. The government has established an interministerial team to oversee the application for U.S. aid to fund the disengagement plan.

The team is headed by the treasury's director general, Yossi Bechar, who will prepare an application covering three areas: moving IDF bases and redeployment around the Gaza Strip; helping Palestinian "daily life"; and developing the Negev and Galilee.

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