Sharon announced an ultimatum

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Thursday evening at a security conference in Herzli actually presented an ultimatum to the Palestinian authorities, reports Washington Post. According to him, for several months, Israel will stop negotiations with the Palestinians and unilaterally declare new borders of the state. This will happen if the Palestinian leadership cannot operate within the framework of the "road map" and prevent terrorist acts.

In accordance with the new plan, Israel will evacuate some Jewish settlements and hold a new "security line". Accordingly, the construction of a protective wall will be accelerated. “We are interested in direct negotiations (with Palestinians), but we cannot keep Israeli society hostage among the Palestinians,” Ha'aretz quoted Sharon as saying.

Most of the representatives of the Left Israeli parties opposed unilateral steps proposed by the head of government. Shimon Perez, the head of the Avoda party, and Ran Cohen, a deputy from the Merets party, expressed disappointment of Sharon’s speech, MIGNEWS reports. Yoshi Baylin, one of the authors of the Geneva Agreements, said that "the mountain did not even give birth to a mouse," and turned to the members of the Avoda party not to fall into the "trap" of Sharon.

Representatives of the Right Party "Ilum Leumi" in response to Sharon’s speech said that they simply did not believe the head of government. "In the case of the failure of the" road map "Ariel Sharon will not take one -sided steps," the party said in the official statement of the party. In general, the right -wing political circles of Israel, as well as the left, expressed dissatisfaction with the plans of the head of government.