The World : Taba Arbitration Accepted
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Israel’s Cabinet formally accepted an agreement with Egypt to submit to arbitration their four-year-old dispute over Taba, a 250-acre resort on the Gulf of Aqaba. A five-member international panel will begin deliberations next month in Geneva over the beach strip, which Israel retained after withdrawing from the rest of the Sinai Peninsula in 1982 under a landmark peace treaty with Egypt. Egypt also claims sovereignty over Taba.
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