management and security of the terminal.

5.

The director-general will have two deputies who will report to him:

i

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

ii

a Palestinian deputy, appointed by the Council, 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 are set out in Appendix 5.

7.

The Palestinian deputy director - general at the Allenby Bridge terminal will be able to travel between this terminal and the Jordanian terminal for the purpose of exercising his functions.

8.

There will be maximum coordination between the two sides. Both sides will maintain cooperation and coordination on matters of mutual concern.

9.

The director - general will continue to use Palestinian contractors to provide bus services and other administrative and logistical services.

10.

Palestinian policemen present at the terminal will be armed with handguns. Their deployment is set out in Appendix 5. Other Palestinian officials present at the terminal will be unarmed.

11.

The details of management and security including those relating to the Liaison Bureau referred to in subparagraph 5 below, are set out in Appendix 5.

12.

The two sides will work together in order to seek ways for additional arrangements in the Rafah terminal.

ii

Except for all 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 West Bank 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

3.

Arrangements for Entry from Egypt and Jordan Through the Palestinian Wing

i.

At the entrance to the Palestinian Wing there will be a Palestinian policeman and a raised Palestinian flag.