6. People - to - people
   
   

4. Permanent Status Negotiations
   
   

Permanent status negotiations will be resumed within two months after implementation of the Hebron Protocol.

Palestinian Responsibilities

The Palestinian side reaffirms its commitments to the following measures and principles in accordance with the Interim Agreement:

1. Complete the process of revising the Palestinian National Charter
   
   
2. Fighting terror and preventing violence
   
   
1. Strengthening security cooperation
   
   
2. Preventing incitement and hostile propaganda, as specified in Article XXII of the Interim Agreement
   
   
3. Combat systematically and effectively terrorist organizations and infrastructure
   
   
4. Apprehension, prosecution and punishment of terrorists
   
   
5. Requests for transfer of suspects and defendants will be acted upon in accordance with Article II ( 7 ) ( f ) of Annex IV to the Interim Agreement
   
   
6. Confiscation of illegal firearms
   
   

3. Size of Palestinian Police will be pursuant to the Interim Agreement.
   
   
4. Exercise of Palestinian governmental activity, and location of Palestinian governmental offices, will be as specified in the Interim Agreement.
   
   

The aforementioned commitments will be dealt with immediately and in parallel.

Other Issues

Either party is free to raise other issues not specified above related to implementation of the Interim Agreement and obligations of both sides arising from the Interim Agreement.

Prepared by Ambassador Dennis Ross
at the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ra'ees Yasser Arafat

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