Israel should implement the Wye peace accord as scheduled even if the Israeli government falls, the U.S. State Department said. “The Wye agreement was approved by both the Israeli government and the Knesset. Consistent with that, we feel it should be carried out and implemented as agreed,” said State Department spokesman James Rubin. He also called on Israel to reverse course and fulfill its promise to redeploy Friday from an additional 5 percent of the West Bank.
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