ISRAEL SHELVES DIRECT MONITORING OF PA TERMINALS

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Under heavy U.S. pressure, Israel has abandoned itsdemand for direct monitoring of the Egypt-Gaza border as well for a sea portplanned by the Palestinian Authority. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ceded itsdemand for a direct live video feed from surveillance cameras at the Rafahborder terminal along the Egypt-Gaza border. They said the government alsodropped its demand for a data link to computers at Rafah to monitor thoseentering and leaving the Gaza Strip.