(Ha'aretz) Aluf Benn - The road map for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict stands at the center of President Bush's summit meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at Camp David. According to Jerusalem sources, the Israeli government's updated response to the road map contains "substantial" reservations which Israel will insist on: A change of the Palestinian leadership. The Palestinian state will only be set up, first in temporary borders and later with a permanent status agreement, after bilateral negotiations and an agreement with Israel. Rejection of the Saudi initiative, calling for Israel to withdraw to the 1967 borders, as one of the cornerstones of the agreement. Detailing of security demands of the Palestinians, including arrest, interrogation and trial of terror suspects, and clarification that a Palestinian state can only be founded after complete dissolvement of terrorist infrastructure. Freedom of operation for the Israel Defense Forces against terrorism in Palestinian Authority territory. Israel will agree to freeze settlement activity only after quiet has been achieved and will not agree to dismantle settlements during the interim period. Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state.
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