Ehud Olmert hinted that Israel could begin a new West Bank withdrawal by the end of the year. The Israeli prime minister told a gathering of foreign mayors in Jerusalem on Tuesday night that his unilateral “convergence plan” was predicated on the Palestinian Authority continuing to balk at peace talks.
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