Israel began transferring five percent of the West Bank to Palestinian control today after negotiators ended a seven-week deadlock over whether the Palestinians could have a say in what areas will be handed over. The withdrawal started around midday, when several trucks loaded with furniture and mattresses rolled out of the Yosef army air base, east of the West Bank’s largest town of Nablus. The army was to transfer a total of six bases and camps in the northern and southern West Bank, and the pullback was to be completed tomorrow. As part of the agreement, Israel is handing three percent of the West Bank to Palestinian civil rule and another two percent to sole Palestinian control.