3. Persons and vehicles using the safe passage shall not carry explosives, firearms or other weapons or ammunition; except for special cases that may be agreed in the JSC.
   
   

4. General Provisions Regarding the Safe Passage Routes

1. The above arrangements shall in no way affect the status of the safe passage and its routes.
   
   
2. The safe passage arrangements will not be available on Yom Kippur, Israel's Memorial Day and Israel's Independence Day.
   
   
3. Israel may, for security or safety reasons, temporarily halt the operation of a safe passage route or modify the passage arrangements while ensuring that one of the routes is open for safe passage. Notice of such temporary closure or modification shall be given to the JSC.
   
   
4. Israel shall notify the Council of incidents involving persons using safe passage routes, through the JSC.
   
   

ARTICLE XI

Rules of Conduct in Mutual Security Matters

1. Human Rights and the Rule of Law
   
   

Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Palestinian Police and the Israeli military forces shall exercise their powers and responsibilities pursuant to this Agreement with due regard to internationally-accepted norms of human rights and the rule of law, and shall be guided by the need to protect the public, respect human dignity and avoid harassment.

2. Weapons

1. Each side shall enforce upon civilians, Palestinians or Israelis, in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in accordance with their security responsibility, a prohibition on possession or carrying of weapons without a license.
   
   
2. The Palestinian Police may grant licenses to possess or carry pistols for civilian use. The modalities for granting such licenses, as well as categories of persons who may be granted such licenses, will be agreed upon in the JSC.
   
   
3. Upon the assumption of security responsibility, and in accordance with the Palestinian law, the Palestinian Police shall declare a period of grace of one month, during which period holders of unlicensed weapons will be required to declare that they hold such weapons and to apply for licenses. The Palestinian Police may grant such licenses in accordance with subparagraph b. above, and will enforce the Palestinian security policy set out in Article II, paragraph 1 of this Annex, against persons who hold unlicensed weapons.
   
   
4. Israelis may carry weapons licensed in accordance with subparagraph a. above.
   
   
5. The Palestinian Police will maintain an updated register of all weapons licensed by it.

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