Details of actions taken under the First Israeli obligation

PM Sharon did not express commitment to a Sovereign, Independent Palestinian state.

PM Sharon did not call for and end to violence against Palestinians everywhere.

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PM Sharon issued the following statement at the Aqaba Summit (4 June 2003):

Israel, like others, has lent its strong support for President Bush's vision expressed on June 24, 2002, of two states, Israel and the Palestinian state, living side by side in peace and security...

We can also reassure our Palestinian partners that we understand the importance of territorial contiguity in the West Bank for a viable Palestinian state."

18 of 23 Israeli Cabinet Ministers represent parties whose current official platforms expressly reject the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Likud:

"Flatly rejects the establishment of a Palestinian Arab state west of the Jordan river."

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National Union:

"Absolutely rejects the idea of a Palestinian state between Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan."

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National Religious Party:

"The State of Israel alone shall exist between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.

No Palestinian state or any other foreign sovereign entity shall be established in this area."