On the Israeli settlements

Concerning developments in the Palestinian territories, a statement issued by the office of the acting Israeli prime Ehud Olmert said that Israel will keep in all cases its control on two big settlements near occupied Jerusalem.

Olmert said during an inspection tour to the wall of separation in the West Bank that " Maale Adomim and Ghoushe Atsioun will be in any case part of the state of Israel, regardless to future developments."