Israel can change track of separation barrier: FM
AFP
Date: 05-21-06
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has said that the track of the controversial separation barrier which criss-crosses the West Bank could still be changed.
The separation barrier was constructed "for security reasons, but we can change it after negotiations (with Palestinians) on the (final) borders," she said in a debate at the World Economic Forum (WEF).
"The policy of the Israeli government aims to divide the land between two nation states," she said in the debate, in which Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas took part.
"The establishment of a Palestinian state is the only just solution," said Livni, seen as the de-facto number two of new Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert.
Israel insists the barrier is necessary to prevent infiltration by West Bank militants, while the Palestinians say the project is an attempt to grab their land and undermine the viability of their promised state.
The International Court of Justice issued in 2004 a non-binding ruling that parts of the 650-kilometre (410-mile) barrier which criss-crosses the West Bank are illegal and should be torn down.
Israel has vowed to complete the project.
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