Prime minister: Palestinian state through dialogue
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said during a memorial ceremony for David and Paula Ben-Gurion in Sde Boker, “Should a newly established Palestinian government be committed to the Quartet’s principles, implement the Road Map and bring about the release of Gilad Shalit – I will offer (Palestinian President Mahmoud) Abbas to meet immediately with the aim of conducting true and open dialogue.”
“Within the framework of these talks the Palestinians will be able to establish an independent state with territorial continuity in the West Bank; a state that will have full sovereignty with defined borders,” he said. (Anat Bereshkovsky)
