PM: Israel, PA agree to plan that skips first stage of road map
haaretz ^ | 02:36 13/11/2007 | Shahar Ilan
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PM: Israel, PA agree to plan that skips first stage of road map

By Shahar Ilan, Haaretz Correspondent

Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to a new plan that skips over the first stage of the road map - eliminating terror and dismantling the settlements - according to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in his appearance before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

Since the unveiling of the road map in 2002, Israel has been opposed to negotiations on a final-status agreement before the first stage of the road map was implemented. However last week the Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams agreed that following the Annapolis summit scheduled for the end of the month, negotiations on a final-status arrangement would begin. The agreement states that if a final-status accord is reached, it would be subject to the implementation of the road map by the parties.

Israel and the Palestinians entered an intensive stage of the negotiations on Monday in a bid to formulate a declaration to be presented at the Annapolis conference. The negotiating teams, headed by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Ahmad Qureia for the Palestinian Authority, met in Jerusalem and were to meet again Tuesday.


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What on earth is wrong with Israel? Do they went to die, because these islamic went to push israel into the sea. They went Israel to give up more and more. No one with half a brain could go farward with this.

Everything is a matter of perspective, and from where you are looking at the problem from.

I see both sides but lean toward the Palestinian plight considering that Israel is the major antagonist and was founded on a terrorist organization which of course would be considered "freedom fighters" now.

My perspective is that if some body comes and bulldozes down the house that my family has been literally living in for centuries I would be pretty pissed, Who in their right mind would'nt?