A group of 28 Palestinians left Israel for Jordan this past weekend to take part in a police training course, in preparation for establishing a Palestinian police force in the territories under an eventual autonomy plan.
The group, which traveled to Amman via the Allenby Bridge, followed another group which arrived there last week.
Until a Palestinian police force is actually created, the recruits are being trained to act as bodyguards for Palestinian leaders in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and to guard Palestinian installations such as Orient House, the eastern Jerusalem headquarters of the Palestinian peace talks delegation.
Jordanian police officers and security officials will be the instructors in the six-month course. The trainees will receive their wages from the Palestine Liberation Organization.
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