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Report: Israeli vice PM offers Palestinians broad West Bank pullout | |
2007-09-08 | |
Ramon met caretaker Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and other senior officials in an effort to put together a joint Israeli-Palestinian declaration of principles that will be presented in November at a U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference, said the report. According to Yedioth Ahronoth, the border between Israel and the future Palestinian state will roughly follow the route of the separation fence leaving major Israeli settlement blocs and between 3 and 8 percent of the West Bank in Israel's hands. In return, Israel will cede the same amount of land inside Israel to the Palestinians to make up for the annexed territory --possibly including a land corridor between the West Bank and Gaza. The agreement will also require both sides to immediately implement stage A of the Middle East road map: The Palestinian will disarm all armed groups in their territory, while Israel will withdraw its forces from the Palestinian towns and evacuate all illegal outposts. The agreement will propose that east Jerusalem will be divided among the two states and holy sites in Jerusalem's Old City will be under the control of the various religions and no national flags will be flown. | |
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