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Sharon to Blair: "We Won't Free Murderers"


(Ha'aretz) - Aluf Benn Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, meeting in London Monday with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, said that Israel is aware of the importance of releasing Palestinian prisoners, but that "we will not release murderers." Sharon also said that Israel would continue construction of a security fence in the West Bank as an essential means of preventing suicide bombings, and that it does not constitute a political boundary. "The border will be determined in the third stage of the road map, if we reach it," Sharon said.
2003-07-15 00:00:00
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