Israel has 14 reservations about the road map. In approving
the Road Map, the Cabinet approved the reservations as well.
An official text of the Israeli reservations was not
released, but their content was publicized. The points
are:
1. At all times calm will be maintained. The Palestinians
will dismantle the existing security organizations and
implement security reforms and act to combat terror, violence
and incitement. Incitement must cease immediately and the
Palestinian Authority must educate for peace.
These organizations will engage in genuine prevention of
terror and violence. In the first phase of the plan and as a
condition for progress to the second phase, the Palestinians
will complete the dismantling of terrorist organizations
(Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front, the Democratic
Front, Al-Aqsa Brigades and other apparatuses) and their
infrastructure; collection of all illegal weapons and their
transfer to a third party for the sake of being removed from
the area and destroyed; cessation of weapons smuggling and
weapons production inside the Palestinian Authority;
activation of the full prevention apparatus and cessation of
incitement.
There will be no progress to the second phase without the
fulfillment of all abovementioned conditions relating to the
war against terror. The security plans to be implemented are
the Tenet and Zinni plans.
2. Full performance will be a condition for progress between
phases and for progress within phases. Attention will be paid
not to time lines, but to performance benchmarks.
3. The emergence of a new and different leadership in the
Palestinian Authority within the framework of governmental
reform. The formation of a new leadership constitutes a
condition for progress to the second phase of the plan.
4. The Monitoring mechanism will be under American
management. The chief verification activity will concentrate
upon the creation of another Palestinian entity and progress
in the civil reform process within the Palestinian Authority.
Verification will be performed exclusively on a professional
basis and per issue.
5. The character of the provisional Palestinian state will be
determined through negotiations between the Palestinian
Authority and Israel. The provisional state will have
provisional borders and certain aspects of sovereignty, be
fully demilitarized with no military forces, but only with
police and internal security forces of limited scope and
armaments, be without the authority to undertake defense
alliances or military cooperation, and Israeli control over
the entry and exit of all persons and cargo, as well as of
its air space and electromagnetic spectrum.
6. Declared references must be made to Israel's right to
exist as a Jewish state and to the waiver of any right of
return for Palestinian refugees to the State of Israel.
7. End of the process will lead to the end of all claims and
not only the end of the conflict.
8. The future settlement will be reached through agreement
and direct negotiations between the two parties, in
accordance with the vision outlined by President Bush in his
24 June address.
9. There will be no involvement with issues pertaining to the
final settlement. Among issues not to be discussed:
settlement in Judea, Samaria and Gaza (excluding a settlement
freeze and illegal outposts); the status of the Palestinian
Authority and its institutions in Jerusalem; and all other
matters whose substance relates to the final settlement.
10. The removal of references other than 242 and 338
(including 1397, the Saudi Initiative and the Arab Initiative
adopted in Beirut). A settlement based upon the road map will
be an autonomous settlement that derives its validity
therefrom.
11. Promotion of the reform process in the Palestinian
Authority: a transitional Palestinian constitution will be
composed, a Palestinian legal infrastructure will be
constructed and cooperation with Israel in this field will be
renewed. In the economic sphere: international efforts to
rehabilitate the Palestinian economy will continue. In the
financial sphere: the American-Israeli-Palestinian agreement
will be implemented in full as a condition for the continued
transfer of tax revenues.
12. The deployment of IDF forces along the September 2000
lines will be subject to the stipulation of Article 4
(absolute quiet) and will be carried out in keeping with
changes to be required by the nature of the new circumstances
and needs created thereby. Emphasis will be placed on the
division of responsibilities and civilian authority as in
September 2000, and not on the position of forces on the
ground at that time.
13. Subject to security conditions, Israel will work to
restore Palestinian life to normal: promote the economic
situation, cultivation of commercial connections,
encouragement and assistance for the activities of recognized
humanitarian agencies.
14. Arab states will assist the process through the
condemnation of terrorist activity. No link will be
established between the Palestinian track and other tracks
(such the Syrian or Lebanese).
