By NNN-KUNA
Gaza : Israel is seeking to reach an understanding with the US Administration that would safeguard “Israel’s security interests in a future final-status agreement with the Palestinians,” according to the Israeli daily “Haaretz.”
“Haaretz,” in its edition published on Thursday, quoted official sources as saying that Tel Aviv would seek President George W. Bush’s support for its security demands so that such understandings can serve as a basis for the work of the American special security envoy General James Jones, who has been tasked with formulating the security arrangements for an Israeli-Palestinian agreement.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is to discuss these security issues with Bush during the president’s visit to Israel next week.
Israel will seek Bush’s blessing that “it remains free to act against terror in the West Bank for as long as negotiations last, and that demilitarization arrangements place limitations on the future Palestinian state,” according to the Israeli newspaper.