(Ha'aretz) Aluf Benn - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Tuesday he is committed to the road map as the proper way to reach an agreement with the Palestinians, but he fears the Palestinian side is not interested in an agreement. The Palestinians, he believes, want to skip over the first stage of the plan, in which they are obliged to conduct reforms and fight terror, and they have no intention of breaking up the terrorist infrastructures. Therefore, he is preparing unilateral measures. "We can't wait five years until the Palestinians implement the road map - we have to set a date and not wait forever," he said.
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