(Ha'aretz) - Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer told PA officials earlier this week that Israel would initially withdraw from positions in Gaza in exchange for a Palestinian clampdown on militant groups. "The plan could succeed in Gaza because the PA security forces were not badly damaged there and the PA still wields influence - through [Mohammed] Dahlan," said a senior security source.
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