Israeli PM's party seeks swift coalition

ACTING Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Kadima Party is seeking swift coalition negotiations to carry out its plan to pull out of much of the West Bank and draw Israel's borders by 2010.

Party officials said Kadima has widespread support in parliament and would seek to finalise its withdrawal plans within a year.

Kadima won 28 seats in the election, less than the 35 it had hoped for, but is still the largest party in the 120-seat parliament. It will have to form a coalition government.