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		Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz attending a Kadima Party conference in Lod earlier this month. (Alon Ron)

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Mofaz warns PM not to make 'irreversible concessions' to PA

By Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondent

Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz warned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday not to make "irreversible concessions" in the peace plan being discussed with the Palestinians.

Mofaz demanded a debate in Kadima to set "red lines" before November's peace conference in Washington.

The reports of progress in talks between Olmert and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas over an agreement of principles to be presented at the Washington conference have raised tension and criticism in Kadima.

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Kadima members are demanding that Olmert show them the agreement being drafted for the conference. Some said they were troubled by far-reaching, irreversible concessions.

Kadima MKs Zeev Elkin, Shai Hermesh and Otniel Schneller told cabinet secretary Oved Yehezkel on Monday that they were concerned over the goings on. Yehezkel told them the talks were in the "tete-a-tete" stage and when the time is ripe, Olmert would fill them in and try to muster broad support for the move.

Kadima's council is scheduled to discuss the agreement on September 20; Olmert is expected to give a speech. Mofaz proposed setting up discussion groups to formulate a paper everyone could agree on. In a letter to faction members, Mofaz said the Washington conference opened a window of opportunity to advance vis-a-vis the Palestinians but warned of moving toward a final arrangement due to the PA's weakness.

Public Security Minister Avi Dichter also urged holding a debate in the party about the peace negotiations. "Our duty is to make sure the PA passes several stages before we can conduct peace talks with it," Dichter said at the opening of "Kadima House" in Beit Shean.

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Kadima activists in Holon she believed in dialog that reflects Israel's national and security interests.

Olmert's aides said he had no intention of overlooking faction members. When the time came Olmert would discuss matters with Kadima's faction members, they said.

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