Israel says freezing talks, no Palestinian state
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-10-06 14:08

Israel's unilateral plan to evacuate some occupied land and keep the rest will indefinitely prevent a Palestinian state with Washington's blessing, a senior Israeli official said in an interview published Wednesday.

"The significance of our disengagement plan is the freezing of the peace process ... with a presidential blessing. It supplies the formaldehyde necessary so there is no political process with the Palestinians," said Dov Weisglass, key adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

Weisglass told Haaretz daily continuing Palestinian militant violence was to blame for the lack of diplomacy. Palestinians blame Israeli offensives they say frustrate truce efforts and Sharon's aim to keep its major West Bank settlements.

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