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Olmert Adviser: Some Settlement Blocs Beyond Fence to Be Retained

(Jerusalem Post) David Horovitz and Tovah Lazaroff - Prime Minister Olmert's plans for the division of the West Bank involve the dismantling and relocation of 20 to 30 settlements, and not the previously assumed evacuation of the vast majority of the settlements to the east of the security fence, the prime minister's adviser for settlements, Uzi Keren, has told the Jerusalem Post. Keren said there were settlement blocs beyond the barrier route that would not be relinquished and for which other solutions would have to be found. The figure of 70,000 settlers to be relocated was thus exaggerated, he said. For example, Keren said he did not envisage "the Beit El group" of settlements north of Jerusalem being relinquished. He also explained that since the settlements would be replicated a short distance from their original sites, children would continue to attend the same schools, and adults would continue to commute to the same jobs.
2006-05-23 00:00:00
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