Current Edition About Subscribe The Jerusalem Center

Daily Alert Archive

Every Daily Alert Since 2002

Search

Search more than 90,000 news items by topic, author, or source.
Use " " to search for multiple words and phrases.

Trending Topics

March 28, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/557265.html

Rice Confirms Understandings on Settlement Blocs

(Ha'aretz) Aluf Benn - The American administration reiterated the promises Bush had given Sharon in April 2004, which recognized that the settlement blocs would remain in Israel's hands in a future final status agreement with the Palestinians. Speaking to Israel Radio on Sunday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said, "While we will not prejudice the outcome of final status negotiations, the changes on the ground, the 'existing major Israeli population centers,' will have to be taken in account in any final status negotiations." Rice made it clear that the term "Israeli population centers" refers directly to the "large settlement blocs." "No one should say there's no agreement between our two governments. That's wrong. There is; it was reached on April 14 last year and it's clear," Rice said.

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive

Subscribe to Daily Alert: