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To: rrufff who wrote (5817)	2/5/2004 9:12:07 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) of 6945

Israel to expand large West Bank settlement blocs? "Sharon to ask for U.S. approval to expand settlement blocs for Gaza withdrawal" haaretzdaily.com How about that! Trade Gaza for large areas of the West Bank. From the article: "Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wants U.S. approval to expand large West Bank settlement blocs that are intended to be annexed once a permanent peace agreement is reached in exchange for evacuation of most settlements in the Gaza Strip and a few others in the West Bank. Sharon will justify the request due to the need to move some of the settlers from the evacuated areas to Ma'aleh Adumim, Ariel and Gush Etzion. The prime minister is to present his plan to the Americans during an upcoming visit to Washington. The road map, to which the U.S. and international community remain committed, calls for a freeze in the construction of all settlements regardless of whether they are isolated or part of a larger bloc. Government sources in Jerusalem said receiving U.S. permission to strengthen the settlement blocs is one alternative being examined by National Security Council (NSC) Chairman Giora Eiland. Another option is formally annexing the settlement blocs, which would lead to Israeli law being imposed on them. The sources said the previous U.S. administration had agreed that Ma'ale Adumim, Ariel and Gush Etzion would be included within Israel as part of the Clinton framework for a permanent agreement. "The current administration knows that we did not hold up the road map," the government source explained. "The Palestinians did, and there should be reward and punishment.""

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