‘Israel to relinquish West Bank territory’
It was the first time Mr Olmert, who took over from ailing Ariel Sharon a month ago, has spelled out his thinking for future policy if he wins March 28 elections. The Kadima Party he inherited from Mr Sharon, who is comatose after a stroke, is far ahead in the polls.
"We will disengage from most of the Palestinian population that lives in Judea and Samaria," Mr Olmert told Israel's Channel 2 TV, using the Biblical names for the West Bank. "That will obligate us to leave territories under Israeli control today."
