Communicated by Prime Minister's
Media Advisor
Jerusalem, 8 September 1999

Cabinet approves Sharm Agreement Redeployment Map

 

The Cabinet today (Wednesday) 8.9.99, approved the map for the next stage of the redeployment according to the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement and based on the Wye River Accord. The map was prepared by the special ministerial committee headed by Tourism Minister Amnon Lipkin-Shahak and approved by Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ehud Barak.

The Cabinet approved the map by a vote of 17-1 (Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Levy), with one abstention (Interior Minister Natan Sharansky) and with four ministers (all from Shas) absent from the meeting.