Ehud Olmert said only parties favoring further West Bank withdrawals would be able to join the Israeli government if he wins next week’s election. “Whoever is not prepared to be a partner in the plan cannot be a partner in the coalition,” the interim Israeli prime minister said in a television interview Wednesday.
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