Jericho Area; and

2. with regard to the Rafah crossing, from the terminal up to the outer limit of the Israel military location along the Egyptian border.
   
   
3. Israel will have the responsibility for security throughout the passage, including for the terminal.
   
   
4. An Israeli director - general will have the responsibility for the management and security of the terminal.
   
   
5. The director - general will have two deputies who will report to him:
   
   
1. an Israeli deputy who will be the manager of the Israeli Wing. Israel will have exclusive responsibility for the management of the Israeli Wing; and
   
   
2. a Palestinian deputy, appointed by the Palestinian Authority, who will be the manager of the Palestinian Wing.
   
   

6. Each deputy will have an assistant for security and an assistant for administration. The assignments of the Palestinian deputies for security and administration will be agreed upon by the two sides.
   
   
7. There will be maximum coordination between the two sides. Both sides will maintain cooperation and coordination on matters of mutual concern.
   
   
8. The director-general will continue to use Palestinian contractors to provide bus services and other administrative and logistical services.
   
   
9. Palestinian policemen present at the terminal will be armed with handguns. Their deployment will be decided upon by the two sides. Other Palestinian officials present at the terminal will be unarmed.
   
   
10. The details of management and security and Liaison Bureau issues will be dealt with by the two sides.
    
    
11. The two sides will work together in order to seek ways for additional arrangements in the Rafah terminal.
    
    
12. Both sides will review these procedures in a year's time.
    
    

2. Except for the arrangements included in this Article, the current procedures and arrangements applicable outside the terminal shall continue to apply throughout the passage.
   
   
1. Once incoming passengers have crossed the terminal, they will proceed to the Jericho Area or the Gaza Strip, as appropriate, without any interference from Israeli authorities ( safe passage ).
   
   
2. Outgoing passengers may proceed to the terminal without any interference from Israeli authorities after joint verification that such passengers hold the necessary documentation for exiting the area to Jordan or Egypt, as set out in this Agreement.

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