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Israeli President Moshe Katsav on Monday expressed support for a proposed
unilateral separation from the Palestinians, the website of the leading
Israeli Ha'aretz daily reported.
Katsav said that Israel had "no choice" but to adopt separation, which has
won growing political and public support in recent months.
He proposed the line of the unilateral separation be drawn in the
Israeli-ruled Area C and that the aim was to enhance security. He added that
the final border, however, would be determined in negotiations.
The Israeli president stressed that he was "speaking of a military
separation," but not a diplomatic separation, "in order to better defend
Israeli civilians."
Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Almert, together with other four Knesset (parliament)
members Dan Meridor, Michael Eitan, Haim Ramon and Dalia Itzik, earlier
voiced support for the proposed unilateral separation.
But former Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami on Sunday criticized the plan for
potential dangers of a perpetual war between Israel and the Palestinians and
even the Arab and Muslim world.
"Instead of land for peace, they are offering land for nothing and the
creation of conditions for a continued war with the Palestinians," Ben-Ami
said.
Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer and Foreign Minister Shimon
Peres have both opposed the plan, saying that such a separation would
eventually lead to a "mortar battle" rather than an end to shooting at
Israeli targets.
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