The sides are at odds over how to resume implementation of the deal which was frozen by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's right-wing predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu, last December.

BACKGROUND

Israelis and Palestinians negotiated the U.S.-brokered Wye River Memorandum after 19 months of stalemate in peacemaking. The agreement contains a mechanism and timetable for implementing outstanding promises from previous interim accords, chiefly the Taba interim agreement reached in September 1995.

DETAILS

ISRAELI WEST BANK TROOP REDEPLOYMENTS

Israel agreed to transfer a further 13 percent of the West Bank from Israeli control to full or partial Palestinian rule. The agreement outlines three stages for the handover over 12 weeks. Israel also agreed to discuss another future handover, the size of which would be determined in negotiations.

STATUS:

Israel made the first transfer of two percent to Palestinian control last November before suspending the accord a month later. Palestinians demand immediate implementation of the second and third stages. Barak has agreed to carry out the second redeployment in October but wants to put off the third redeployment until February, 2000.

SECURITY

The two sides agreed to take ``all measures necessary in order to prevent acts of terrorism, crime and hostilities.'' The agreement outlines a series of steps including collecting illegal Palestinian weapons and ensuring the number of Palestinian policemen matches limits set in interim deals.

STATUS:

Palestinians say they have met all their security commitments. Israel says Palestinians must still collect illegal weapons and carry out other unfulfilled obligations.

REVISION OF PLO CHARTER

The accord required the Palestine Liberation Organisation Executive Committee and Palestinian Central Council to reaffirm a letter Palestinian President Yasser Arafat sent to U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1998 specifying which clauses in the PLO charter calling for Israel's destruction have been cancelled.

STATUS:

Implemented

ECONOMIC AND INTERIM ISSUES

Sides agree to open industrial park and airport in Gaza (IMPLEMENTED)

Sides to renew talks on opening ``safe passage'' routes for Palestinians travelling between West Bank and Gaza (OUTSTANDING)

Sides aim to end talks on opening Gaza seaport within 60 days (OUTSTANDING)

FINAL STATUS NEGOTIATIONS

Sides agree immediately to open accelerated ``final status'' negotiations covering issues of borders, Jerusalem, Jewish settlements and Palestinian refugees.

STATUS: The talks failed to get under way. Palestinians say they will not start talks until Israel makes its promised redeployments. Barak wants these negotiations to start immediately and to include outstanding interim issues instead of a staged implementation of the Wye River deal.

Source: United Nations