he intends to finalize plans for a large pullout from parts of the occupied West Bank within the next 18 months, and that he will travel to the U.S. next month to try to secure Washington's support as he sketches the plan's contours.
In an interview yesterday at his Jerusalem office, Mr. Olmert said his planned meeting with President Bush in Washington will mark the onset of efforts to secure international support for the pullout, including financial assistance. Under his plan, Mr. Olmert intends to evacuate as many as 70,000 Jewish settlers from their homes -- a move that some rough estimates say could cost more than $10 billion -- while annexing large chunks of disputed Palestinian territory.
I am thinking of finding a MK who will sponsor a bill to assure that in any future retreat and yielding of territory which would entail expelling people out of their homes and businesses adequate and equivalent recompense be arranged, including coming to terms with community village needs.
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