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Defence Minister Ehud Barak. (Maya Levin / Jini) Last update - 13:04 25/03/2008 Israel to allow Abbas' security forces to deploy in Jenin By The Associated Press Tags: Israel, IDF, Jenin, PA Israel will let Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas deploy hundreds of his security forces in the West Bank city of Jenin after they complete U.S.-funded training in Jordan, Israeli officials said on Tuesday. Defense Minister Ehud Barak will inform Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad of the decision when they meet on Wednesday, the officials said. Israeli officials said the planned deployment in Jenin, in the northern West Bank, could include up to 500 to 600 men. Palestinian forces took up positions in the larger West Bank city of Nablus in November as part of a law-and-order campaign. Advertisement Nearly 700 members of Abbas's National Security Forces crossed into Jordan in January to begin the four-month-long, U.S.-funded training course. A separate group from Abbas's Presidential Guard has also gone to Jordan for advanced training. Fayyad and some U.S. officials have accused Israel of undermining Palestinian Authority security efforts in Nablus by refusing to curtail army raids into the city. Both Jenin and Nablus have long been seen by Israel as bastions for anti-Israeli militant activity, although in recent months the cities have been relatively calm. Israeli troops clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians in a Nablus refugee camp on Tuesday, but no injuries were reported. Israel has been under increasing U.S. pressure to take steps to bolster Abbas, whose authority has been restricted to the occupied West Bank since Hamas Islamists routed his more secular Fatah forces and seized control of the Gaza Strip in June. U.S.-sponsored peace talks, launched at a conference in Annapolis, Maryland last November with the goal of reaching a statehood agreement before U.S. President George W. Bush leaves office next January, have shown little sign of progress so far. News of the planned deployment came after Barak on Monday said that Israel will soon begin making life easier for West Bank Palestinians, but that it would not remove checkpoints in the immediate future. The defense minister said that Israel would facilitate the construction of several industrial zones meant to provide thousands of jobs and boost the Palestinian economy. Many of the projects, funded by foreign governments, have been held up because of Israeli security concerns. "It is clear we need to exhaust every possible option - if it does not conflict with Israel's security needs - to help the chances of improving the atmosphere in the talks with the Palestinians," Barak told reporters. Speaking ahead of a weekend visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Barak voiced a willingness to take "a calculated risk" by easing restrictions on Palestinians. Rice says neither Israel nor the Palestinians have done enough to fulfil their obligations under a long-stalled, U.S.-backed peace "road map". Under the plan, Israel is required to halt all settlement activities and the Palestinians are to rein in militants. Related articles: News: PA security forces rescue IDF officer stranded in Jenin PA Police seize 40 bombs in militant stronghold in Nablus EU advisers to PA police seek $221 million for training, prisons Bookmark to del.icio.us   'Shampoo' meets 'Munich' New Adam Sandler film stars Mossad hit man turned hairdresser. Rehab (live) Report: Singer Amy Winehouse is to undergo drug rehab in Israel.   1.   Who said it? Which official? Name them Haaretz! 11:06  |  Philip 25/03/08   2.   Can we trust Abbas and Fatah ? 11:14  |  Jean Van Daem 25/03/08   3.   Israeli Security Concerns ? As If Sderot Is Ok & Now Jenin !!! 12:07  |  Joseph . E 25/03/08   4.   Noose around Israeli neck tightens 12:30  |  Jeff 25/03/08   5.   Jordan created the 2nd Intefade! 12:55  |  Jeff 25/03/08   6.   ArabsPals Security Forces (Read Terrorists)As "Moderate"?The Lies 12:55  |  Joseph . E 25/03/08   7.   #1 Philip, you`re kidding, right???? 12:56  |  Johnboy 25/03/08   8.   Allowing opposition militia to take control 13:17  |  J. Frank Mortimer 25/03/08   9.   So that Israel can move at night and kill 14:07  |  El-Birawi 25/03/08   10.   J. Frank Mortimer - Executive power is in the hands of PLO/Fatah 14:44  |  Philip 25/03/08   11.   Make sure to defend the city agains the IDF 14:49  |  Ibrahim 25/03/08   12.   abbas enters the abyss 15:11  |  sam i am 25/03/08   13.   A test of metal 17:44  |  Paul 25/03/08   14.   Philip #10, Fatah`s Executive power 18:26  |  J. Frank Mortimer 25/03/08   15.   Their "training" was a total joke 18:32  |  Aphemia 25/03/08   16.   What Labour learned from Massada suicides 18:38  |  Nach 25/03/08   17.   Jean Van Deam 19:12  |  Connie 25/03/08   18.   OLMERT/BARAK/LIVNI GOVERNMENT CRAZY TO BELIEVE TO P.A Terrorists 19:10  |  michael darmon 26/05/08

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