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(22 Mar 2005) Tulkarem, West Bank 1. Wide shot road into Tulkarem with gate, people gathering 2. Close-up padlock on gate 3. Israeli soldier unlocking padlock and pushing open gate, amid press scrum 4. Mid shot Israeli and Palestinian officers shaking hands and talking to each other next to gate Tulkarem, West Bank 5. Various of gate being loaded onto truck 6. Truck driving away Tulkarem, West Bank 7. Member of Palestinian security forces placing Palestinian flag in concrete block at checkpoint 8. Palestinian policeman saluting flag 9. Vehicles passing through checkpoint manned by Palestinian security, police wave them through 10. Palestinian on donkey is waved through checkpoint 11. Wide shot of the one remaining checkpoint still manned by Israeli security, Israeli flag flying 12. Closer shot Israeli flag 13. Israeli soldier checks ID of Palestinian driver Gaza City, Gaza Strip 14. Palestinian flag on roof 15. Cabinet meeting 16. Qureia seated at head of table with cabinet ministers 17. Various of meeting Ramallah, West Bank 18. SOUNDBITE (English): Saeb Erekat, Palestinian Cabinet Minister: "If the issue of Jerusalem, the issue of borders, settlements and water are solved by dictation, and settlements and the wall, the question is what will be left of the permanent status negotiations? I call on President Bush's direct intervention in order to revoke these Israeli orders, in order to stop these fait accompli policies and dictations in order to give the peace process the chance it deserves." 19. Erekat seated in Palestinian Legislative Council STORYLINE: Israel completed its handover of Tulkarem to Palestinian security control on Tuesday, ceremonially unlocking and later removing a gate that had blocked traffic between the town and main points in the West Bank. Israeli and Palestinian commanders shook hands at the gate, which is to be removed at a later point. Palestinian security forces were manning all but one checkpoint around the town, and Palestinian flags were flying. The transfer of control to Palestinian forces, which began on Monday night, is an important step in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process that has proceeded fitfully since leaders announced an end to four years of bloodshed. It is hoped the transfer will help Palestinian officials carry out a new directive restricting weapons in the hands of militants, who insist they'll comply only if Israel withdraws from West Bank towns. Tulkarem, located in a sensitive position on the line between Israel and the West Bank, is the the second of five West Bank towns where Palestinian security forces are to assume responsibility. Before the gate was unlocked Tuesday, Palestinians had to make a 7-kilometre (4-mile) loop to reach the main road that connected Tulkarem with Nablus, the biggest city in the West Bank. Nablus, which is not scheduled for handover because Israel considers it a centre of militant activity, is closed to vehicles, with entry only on foot. Hours after the handover took place, the Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia convened his cabinet for their weekly meeting in Gaza. In other developments, Israeli Defence Ministry officials on Monday confirmed the approval of the construction of 3,500 housing units in and around the West Bank's largest settlement, Maaleh Adumim, east of Jerusalem. Israel Radio said some of the new units would be built between the settlement and Jerusalem, five kilometres (three miles) away. Palestinians have long contended that Israel plans to annex a chunk of West Bank territory by linking the settlement to Jerusalem. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...