(Ha'aretz) The U.S. government is demanding that Israel coordinate its disengagement plan from the territories with the PA, so that the Palestinians will be able to accept responsibility for the territory that is evacuated. The U.S. also wants to present the disengagement as part of an overall arrangement, and not as a unilateral move by Israel. The U.S. position is therefore aimed at "coordinated unilateralism."
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