West Bank pull-out 'inevitable'
2006-06-14 19:07
Paris - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed on Wednesday to push ahead with his contentious plan to redraw Israel's borders with the Palestinians, unilaterally if necessary.
"The plan is inevitable, it will be implemented, hopefully by agreement, but it will be implemented," he told reporters after meeting French President Jacques Chirac.
Olmert also insisted that he would never cede Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem's Temple Mount, revered as a holy site by Jews and Muslims.
Olmert's aides have said previously that his withdrawal plan would include some mainly Arab areas of east Jerusalem.
"I will never ever agree to give up full Israeli sovereignty over the Temple Mount," he said.
- AP