Israel's centrist Kadima party intended to implement the
unilateral plan of further pullout from the occupied West Bank in
2008, two years ahead of the deadline the party set before the
election, Ha'aretz daily reported on Monday.
Kadima representatives said during coalition negotiations with
the right-wing Likud party on Sunday that Kadima expected to
complete the unilateral withdrawal from most of the West Bank
settlements during US President George W. Bush's tenure, or by the
end of 2008, according to Ha'aretz.
Over the weekend, Kadima leader and Prime Minister-designate
Ehud Olmert expressed determination to implement the convergence
plan in the West Bank in his first interview with foreign press
since his party won the most seats in the March 28 parliamentary
elections.
During the election campaign Olmert promised to set Israel's
final borders by 2010 by unilateral pullout from isolated
settlements in the West Bank but keeping major settlement
blocs.
(Xinhua News Agency April 11, 2006)
