(Haaretz) Aluf Benn - Israel should determine its border with the Palestinians unilaterally, based on its own demographic interests, rather than waiting for an agreement, Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday. Olmert said that any future settlement with the Palestinians must be based on a united Jerusalem remaining Israel's capital and on Jewish sovereignty over the Old City and the Temple Mount. "Jerusalem has never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity, nor will it ever be," he said. "One cannot fight terror with words, but only by getting at the terrorists, and at those who shelter, finance and support them....There should be no immunity for political leaders who encourage terror, finance it or defend terrorists, and the same is true for states that give shelter to terrorist organizations," Olmert said.
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