deemed, by virtue of having entered into this Agreement, to have renounced or waived any of its existing rights, claims or positions.

7. Neither side shall initiate or take any step that will change the status of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip pending the outcome of the permanent status negotiations.
   
   
8. The two Parties view the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as a single territorial unit, the integrity and status of Which will be preserved during the interim period.
   
   
9. The PLO undertakes that, within two months of the date of the inauguration of the Council, the Palestinian National Council will convene and formally approve the necessary changes in regard to the Palestinian Covenant, as undertaken in the letters signed by the Chairman of the PLO and addressed to the Prime Minister of Israel, dated September 9, 1993 and May 4, 1994.
   
   
10. Pursuant to Annex I, Article IX of this Agreement, Israel confirms that the permanent checkpoints on the roads leading to and from the Jericho Area ( except those related to the access road leading from Mousa Alami to the Allenby Bridge ) will be removed upon the completion of the first phase of redeployment.
    
    
11. Prisoners who, pursuant to the Gaza - Jericho Agreement, were turned over to the Palestinian Authority on the condition that they remain in the Jericho Area for the remainder of their sentence, will be free to return to their homes in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip upon the completion of the first phase of redeployment.
    
    
12. As regards relations between Israel and the PLO, and without derogating from the commitments contained in the letters signed by and exchanged between the Prime Minister of Israel and the Chairman of the PLO, dated September 9, 1993 and May 4, 1994, the two sides will apply between them the provisions contained in Article XXII, paragraph 1, with the necessary changes.
    
    
1. The Preamble to this Agreement, and all Annexes, Appendices and maps attached hereto, shall constitute an integral part hereof
   
   
2. The Parties agree that the maps attached to the Gaza - Jericho Agreement as:

1. map No. 1 (The Gaza Strip), an exact copy of which is attached to this Agreement as map No.2 (in this Agreement "map No.2");
   
   
2. map No.4 (Deployment of Palestinian Police in the Gaza Strip), an exact copy of which is attached to this Agreement as map No.5 (in this Agreement "map No.5"); and
   
   
3. map No.6 (Maritime Activity Zones), an exact copy of which is attached to this Agreement as map No.8 (in this Agreement "map No. 8");
   

are an integral part hereof and will remain in effect for the duration of this Agreement.

13. While the Jeftlik area will come under the functional and personal jurisdiction of the Council in the first phase of redeployment, the area's transfer to the territorial jurisdiction of the Council will be considered by the Israeli side in the first phase of the further redeployment phases.

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