Israel to Draw West Bank Borders by 2010

<blcokquote>Israel will determine its border with the
West Bank in the absence of negotiations with the Palestinians, and then build a wall and move all settlers to the Israeli side, acting prime minister Ehud Olmert said in an interview published Friday.

On Thursday Olmert said Israel will draw its final borders by 2010, for the first time setting a deadline for what is expected to be a unilateral large-scale West Bank pullback.

This is an excellent policy I have personally supported for years. The election of Hamas in fact makes it much easier to achieve.

Olmert, in comments carried by the Yediot Ahronot daily Friday, also threatened to assassinate incoming Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas if he is involved in terrorism — a threat made Tuesday by Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz.

He said that if the Palestinians resume attacks against Israelis, then Israel will change the path of its separation barrier in the West Bank according to national consensus.