Roadmap For Peace
In the framework of the 2003 Roadmap for Peace, Israel committed itself under Prime Minister Sharon to evacuate outposts, erected from March 2001, the start of the Sharon government. The Israeli government gave the U.S. a list of 28 unauthorized outposts erected in the West Bank since that date, of which 12 were ordered to be removed, "while some of the remaining 16 outposts in the process of being approved and planned," according to the Israeli daily Haaretz. However, the Israeli NGO Peace Now claimed that there are 45 unauthorized outposts erected in the West Bank after March 2001. Israel did not meet the commitment under the Roadmap. It dismanteled few manned outposts and none of the larger ones.
The Government opposes the evacuation of older outposts. After March 2001 outposts were further expanded.
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