RAMALLAH, June 5 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat vocalized his doubts Thursday, June 5, that Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon would make good on the pledges he made during his summit meting with U.S. President George W. Bush and Palestinian Premier Mahmoud Abbas in Al-Aqba on Wednesday.

"Until now, Sharon has done nothing on the ground," Arafat told reporters following a meeting with a UNICEF official in his battered Ramallah compound, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).

"What does it mean if Sharon removes one caravan and after that tells us he has removed a settlement?" Arafat wondered.

The Israeli Premier had pledged in his statement delivered at the conclusion of Al-Aqba summit to dismantle some Jewish settlements in the West Bank, but did not say how many.

He had referred to "unauthorized outposts" arousing concern that his promise would only apply to a handful of the more than 60 settlements listed by the Israeli Peace Now organization.

While the international community considers all 160 Jewish settlements in the occupied territories and the more than 100 outposts in the West Bank to be illegal, Israel only considers some outposts which were not granted authorization after they were set up to be illegal.

Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and his aides were due to meet Thursday to discuss the dismantling of the "rogue" settlements.

Abbas, who pledged to make maximum efforts to disarm the Palestinian Intifada against Israel in favor of negotiations, was to brief the Palestinian leader on the summits later Thursday.