Jericho, West Bank, March 18, SPA -- Israel on Wednesday handed this quiet West Bank town to Palestinian security control,Palestinian commanders said, ending a weeks-long impasseover the removal of army roadblocks and giving a freshboost to Mideast peace-making. Jericho is the first of five West Bank town to revert backto Palestinian control, part of an attempt to restore thesituation that existed before the outbreak of fighting inSeptember 2000.--SPA1526 Local Time 1226 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/247264