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Peres' aides confirm plan for PA state on land equal to 100% of West Bank
By Akiva Eldar, Barak Ravid and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents and Agencies

Aides to President Shimon Peres confirmed Tuesday a Haaretz report that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is examining a new framework for peace, in which Israel will propose transferring to the Palestinian state areas equivalent to 100 percent of the territories conquered in 1967.

According to the aides, the proposal was formulated while Peres was vice premier, and presented to Olmert a few days after he entered the President's Residence.

The PMO, however, denied the existance of the proposal Tuesday. "We do not know of any plan as described in the [Haaretz] article," the prime minister's office said in a statement. "We would like to clarify that such a plan has not been considered, nor is it being raised for discussion in any forum."

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The proposal includes a timetable for negotiations for the final status agreement and implementing it, similar to the framework of the Peres-Abu Ala agreement reached at the end of 2001.

Israel will suggest to the Palestinians to conduct negotiations for adequate territorial compensation from Israel's sovereign territory, in exchange for settlement blocs amounting to about 5 percent of the West Bank's area.

Israel is also examining various options of exchanging settlement blocs with Arab community blocs within Israel, in agreement with the residents. An agreement on this issue would enable Yisrael Beiteinu, headed by Avigdor Lieberman, to remain in the coalition.

Olmert has not yet decided on his position regarding all the plan's clauses, but apparently has not dismissed its main ideas.

Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas agreed Monday that cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority would be expanded, in an effort to expedite progress in their talks for the establishment of the Palestinian state.

"Exchanges between the two sides will become increasingly more substantive, and will deal less with routine matters," a senior political source in Jerusalem said Monday.
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  1.   Very Good 03:43  |  danite 07/08/07
  2.   Getting closer 03:52  |  Joel Weltman 07/08/07
  3.   What Israeli Arab in his right mind would agree 04:05  |  David G 07/08/07
  4.   Actually, more than 100% 04:17  |  idf_sergeant 07/08/07
  5.   land swap 04:25  |  tadchase 07/08/07
  6.   Significant Advancement 04:30  |  Slibovitz 07/08/07
  7.   Area or area(s) equal to land captued in 1967 04:36  |  Avrum 07/08/07
  8.   NICE DREAMS, NOW BACK TO REALITY... 04:42  |  G. Marcus 07/08/07
  9.   In other words transfer 04:44  |  Yaacov 07/08/07
  10.   land on the moon 04:51  |  Wendy 07/08/07
  11.   Olmert or Kadima signature expire before it dries 04:53  |  Joseph E . 07/08/07
  12.   Great now swap LANDS Maale Aduim for Umm El Fahm etc etc 04:59  |  ALI 07/08/07
  13.   "Land for peace?" 05:02  |  Mark Lincoln 07/08/07
  14.   Just One question: "What are Palestinians supposed to do? ` 05:05  |  Massoud Levy 07/08/07
  15.   Olmert policy of surrender is against policy of counter terrorism 05:06  |  Joseph E . 07/08/07
  16.   Its Dejavu All Over Again! 05:13  |  HonestAbe 07/08/07
  17.   Israeli Arabs won`t agree to the swap=obstacle to peace 05:14  |  McQueen 07/08/07
  18.   A fresh breeze of peace may be blowing 05:39  |  shalom 07/08/07
  19.   Wait until aftre Palestinian elections 05:47  |  Natallie Durson 07/08/07
  20.   good start but.... 06:18  |  ravi 07/08/07
  21.   good start but.... 06:18  |  ravi 07/08/07
  22.   A person with 3% approval rating has no moral right to do this 06:37  |  Gili 07/08/07
  23.   Dare we say a better day....... 06:38  |  Esther 07/08/07
  24.   "future peace plan" 06:43  |  ari 07/08/07
  25.   Land swap 06:51  |  Brod 07/08/07
  26.   Israel - About to Create an Oslo II Disaster 07:11  |  Tod Zuckerman 07/08/07
  27.   west bank 07:17  |  Mark 07/08/07
  28.   This is the Way Forward 07:24  |  Mark of Lewiston 07/08/07
  29.   Define "deal" Ms. Durson 07:53  |  Fish 07/08/07
  30.   Elvis and Big Foot 08:01  |  Ron 07/08/07
  31.   IRAN SHOULD HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS 08:12  |  indrajaya 07/08/07
  32.   Deal with Arabs 08:19  |  Joe 07/08/07
  33.   stinks of ethnic cleansing by any other name! 08:36  |  Cynic #2 07/08/07
  34.   #5 Gil - do you have the moral right to deny us all peace? 08:41  |  Don Camillo 07/08/07
  35.   The land swap 09:02  |  TonyL 07/08/07
  36.   Can we at least take the bones of Avraham and Sarah with us ... 09:10  |  Tova M. 07/08/07
  37.   Peace 09:12  |  Lily 07/08/07
  38.   Since when does 100% - 5% = 100% ? 09:19  |  Khalid 07/08/07
  39.   we need another yigal amir!!! 09:31  |  yonni ezra 07/08/07
  40.   Olmert considers land swap as part of future peace deal 09:42  |  Martin List,M.D. 07/08/07
  41.   To Wendy 09:45  |  Jew 07/08/07
  42.   Olmert, get out! 09:45  |  Trond 07/08/07
  43.   Natalie Durson-# 10 -Bedouins in Palestine 09:48  |  Daniel Leopold 07/08/07
  44.   Mark Lincoln-# 4 Land for peace 09:54  |  Daniel Leopold 07/08/07
  45.   C`MON KHALID 09:57  |  Brant 07/08/07
  46.   Indrajaya-#28 10:00  |  Daniel Leopold 07/08/07
  47.   Khalid #35 10:08  |  TonyL 07/08/07
  48.   Why should an Arab Israeli agree to be live under PA rule 10:12  |  jew 07/08/07
  49.   How Can Israel give pre 1967 land to the PLO 10:16  |  J 07/08/07
  50.   # 46, DANIEL LEOPOLD 10:18  |  indrajaya 07/08/07
  51.   Exchange Land for Peace, not People! 10:24  |  Tzfonit 07/08/07
  52.   The Flaw=The Arabs Will Want To Stay Israeli 10:24  |  Dyinglikeflies 07/08/07
  53.   Lily-# 37-Peace 10:30  |  Daniel Leopold 07/08/07
  54.   peaceful transfer!! 10:34  |  Day 07/08/07
  55.   D.CAMILLO.Denying you ALL peace.Who is ALL? 10:35  |  PETER SM 07/08/07
  56.   ISRAELI land will be used to connect Gaza & the W.B. 10:39  |  PETER SM 07/08/07
  57.   Swap Shalit with Olmert , throw in Barak , Beilin , Weisglass 10:48  |  Joseph E . 07/08/07
  58.   Liberal and Democratic 10:48  |  Cham de Frey 07/08/07
  59.   Olmert and Mazen 10:51  |  Theresa 07/08/07
  60.   One very good aspect that has been discussed is the swap of land 10:53  |  Akiva 07/08/07
  61.   Only empty land can be valid compensation 10:58  |  Andrew Watson 07/08/07
  62.   Denial 11:07  |  Avishai 07/08/07
  63.   Ravi do your bit,stop Islamic lunatics killing Indians 11:08  |  PETER SM 07/08/07
  64.   # Fake Indrajaya 31 11:09  |  Indrajaya 07/08/07
  65.   #55 PETER SM Use your common sense! 11:11  |  Don Camillo 07/08/07
  66.   Olmert and Yisrael Beiteinu 11:11  |  Robin 07/08/07
  67.   When they cry "Death to Israel" it will be from Palestine. 11:11  |  PETER SM 07/08/07
  68.   A WATSON.dictating terms from Canberra,what can &can`t be done. 11:17  |  PETERS SM 07/08/07
  69.   Andrew Watson against peace #61 11:19  |  FOX 07/08/07
  70.   WATSON: CONFISCATION 11:21  |  Brant 07/08/07
  71.   refugees more important than land 11:23  |  Jeff 07/08/07
  72.   ISRAEL IS NOT FOR SALE. BRING DOWN THIS EVIL GOVERNMENT! 11:25  |  Miriam 07/08/07
  73.   Ahem, just to point out something..... 11:25  |  Johnboy 07/08/07
  74.   D CAMILLO.My common sense asked who is ALL?as in "peace for ALL" 11:26  |  PETER SM 07/08/07
  75.   to Tova #36 - No, but you may go and visit whenever you want 11:28  |  b`galil 07/08/07
  76.   OLMERT IS A JEWISH TRAITOR !!! 11:28  |  ILSupporter 07/08/07
  77.   #38 Khalid - 100 - 5 + 5 = 100 11:30  |  b`galil 07/08/07
  78.   Again Olmert is trying to keep his seat 11:35  |  sh 07/08/07
  79.   The seperation of two peoples. 11:44  |  sandra chitayat 07/08/07
  80.   Cleaning up house first 11:45  |  MB 07/08/07
  81.   re #61: you make an excellent point 11:55  |  Rachel 07/08/07
  82.&nbs