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Last update - 02:46 24/01/2008 Israel-PA military cooperation improves in the West Bank By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: PA, Hebron, Israel, IDF Military cooperation with the Palestinian Authority has improved in recent months, even though defense officials Wednesday criticized the conduct of the Palestinian Preventive Security Service in the shooting attack near Mt. Hebron three weeks ago. In that attack, off-duty Israel Defense Forces soldiers David Rubin and Ahikam Amihai were killed. Both suspects in the shooting, who turned themselves in immediately after the incident, were sentenced earlier this week by a Palestinian court to 15 years in prison and were jailed in Hebron. Some IDF officers compared the conditions in PA prisons to summer camp. In addition, without a green light from Jerusalem, the Israeli security forces cannot take action to capture perpetrators. Advertisement Nevertheless, the IDF enjoys complete freedom of action in the cities of the West Bank. In 2007 the number of meetings between Israeli and Palestinian officers defined as "significant" more than doubled. Before the formation of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's government last June, the IDF permitted Palestinian forces to carry out 46 armed operations in West Bank cities. Since June, the number climbed to 371. Some reservations have been expressed about the defense establishment's policy. One is that these operations should not take place in places with high levels of friction with the Jewish population. Related articles: Father of terror victim slams Olmert for letting PA try the killers Rightist MK to Defense Min.: Tackle illegal Palestinian construction State: Migron outpost to be evacuated within six months Bookmark to del.icio.us   Dear Mr. Olmert An American yeshiva student asks Olmert to heed secular Israelis on J'lem's fate. Work stoppage Olmert totally freezes new building in all West Bank settlements.   1.   Total collaberators 02:04  |  Faris 24/01/08   2.   military cooperation with arabs 07:58  |  izak 24/01/08   3.   FARIS collaboratorsThe puppets of Syria&Iran who want endless war 08:38  |  PETER SM 24/01/08   4.   After the fall of the Rafah wall, the PA is irrelevant 10:45  |  Clickfool 24/01/08   5.   Military cooperation? But the Palestinians have no army??? 11:09  |  TrippleJump 24/01/08   6.   Vichy type of government 23:38  |  Jan Elshout 24/01/08

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