security responsibility of Israel, in Area H- 1, in the area between the Palestinian Police checkpoints delineated on the map attached to this Protocol as Appendix 1 (hereinafter referred to as "the attached map") and the areas under the security responsibility of Israel.

2. The purpose of the abovementioned checkpoints will be to enable the Palestinian Police, exercising their responsibilities under the Interim Agreement, to prevent entry of armed persons and demonstrators or other people threatening security and public order, into the abovementioned area.
   
   

4. Joint Security Measures

1. The DCO will establish a sub- office in the City of Hebron as indicated on the attached map.
   
   
2. JMU will operate in Area H - 2 to handle incidents that involve Palestinians only. The JMU movement will be detailed on the attached map. The DCO will coordinate the JMU movement and activity.
   
   
3. As part of the security arrangements in the area adjacent to the areas under the security responsibility of Israel, as defined above, Joint Mobile Units will be operating in this area, with special focus on the following places:
   
   
1. Abu Sneinah
   
2. Harat A - Sheikh
   
3. Sha'aba
   
4. The high ground overlooking new Route No.35.
   
   

4. Two Joint Patrols will function in Area H- 1:
   
   
1. a Joint Patrol which will operate on the road from Ras e - Jura to the north of the Dura junction via E- Salaam Road, as indicated on the attached map; and
   
   
2. a Joint Patrol which will operate on existing Route No. 35, including the eastern part of existing Route No. 35, as indicated on the attached map.
   
   

5. The Palestinian and Israeli side of the Joint Mobile Units in the City of Hebron will be armed with equivalent types of weapons ( Mini- Ingraham submachine guns for the Palestinian side and short M16s for the Israeli side ).
   
   
6. With a view to dealing with the special security situation in the City of Hebron, a Joint Coordination Center (hereinafter the "JCC") headed by senior officers of both sides, will be established in the DCO at Har Manoah/Jabel Manoah. The purpose of the JCC will be to coordinate the joint security measures in the City of Hebron. The JCC will be guided by all the relevant provisions of the interim Agreement, including Annex I and this Protocol. In this context, each side will notify the JCC of demonstrations and actions taken in respect of such demonstrations, and of any security activity, close to the areas under the responsibility of the other side, including in the area defined in

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