Israel and the Palestinians agreed to coordinate the Israeli withdrawal this summer from the Gaza Strip. Officials from both sides attending a Washington conference hosted by the Aspen Institute think tank shut themselves in a conference room for two hours Wednesday and came up with a formula, setting up coordination committees to handle border crossings, transportation, trade and ports.
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