Israel gives Palestians peace deadline
Israel will move ahead with plans to unilaterally draw its final borders by 2010 if Hamas does not recognise Israel and renounce violence within six months, a senior Israeli Cabinet minister said today.
The minister, Haim Ramon, a close associate of prime minister Ehud Olmert, spoke just hours after US president George Bush referred in surprisingly warm tones to the Israeli leader’s plan to unilaterally withdraw from chunks of the West Bank.
