Sharon plan for West Bank confirmed

Israel's foreign minister yesterday confirmed a report that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon wants to annex up to half of the West Bank.
But Shimon Peres said he does not see this as a permanent solution to the crisis in the Middle East.
Interviewed yesterday on NBC's "Meet the Press," the foreign minister was asked about the accuracy of a report yesterday in the London Sunday Telegraph, also published in The Washington Times, that Mr. Sharon has a plan calling for Israel to annex 50 percent of land in the West Bank.
"It's accurate for a while, because that's what Sharon suggests as an interim agreement," Mr. Peres said. "My judgment is they know this is not a solution" and that this is an "unofficial proposal."