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  Olmert Ready to 'Make Concessions'
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Last EditedRP  Jun 12, 2006 06:15pm
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News DateMonday, June 12, 2006 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionIsraeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he is ready to make painful concessions after completing a plan to withdraw from parts of the West Bank and unilaterally draw Israel's borders with the Palestinians.

"I am ready to make concessions that will be painful and divisive, the specific nature of which, the accurate aspect of all this will take place during the process of negotiations," he said in an interview to be aired on Sky Television Sunday at the start of his visit to Europe.

"I'm not going to negotiate on television, but I'm ready to make these sacrifices and I spelled it out to the public opinion of my country prior to the elections and it cost me many votes, but I got a clear mandate and I'm ready to go."

Olmert, who was sworn in last month, aims to drum up international support for his plan to withdraw settlers and soldiers from large parts of the West Bank and set Israel's final border with the territory.
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